[PDF] C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide

C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide is a book written by Greg Perry and Dean Miller. This book teaches some basic concept of C language with clear and easy steps. The book explains the method to organize programs and work with variables, operators, I/O, pointers, functions, etc.

Topics cover By this book:

• Discover free C programming tools for Windows, OS X, or Linux

• Understand the parts of a C program and how they fit together

• Generate output and display it on the screen

• Interact with users and respond to their input

• Make the most of variables by using assignments and expressions

• Control programs by testing data and using logical operators

• Save time and effort by using loops and other techniques

• Build powerful data-entry routines with simple built-in functions

• Manipulate text with strings

• Store information, so it’s easy to access and use

• Manage your data with arrays, pointers, and data structures

• Use functions to make programs easier to write and maintain

• Let C handle all your program’s math for you

• Handle your computer’s memory as efficiently as possible

• Make programs more powerful with preprocessing directives

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is C Programming
Writing First C Program
Clarifying Code with Comments
Printing Program Result on the Screen
Adding Variables to Programs
Adding Words to Programs
including Files, #include, #define
Interacting with Users
Operators and Expressions
Assignments and Expressions
Testing Data, Using If
Logical Operators
More Operators, ++ and —
Loops
For Loop
Break, Continue
Switch Statement
Program’s InPut and OutPut
Character Testing Functions
Advanced Mathematics
Arrays, Dealing with Arrays
Searching Arrays
Alphabetizing and Arranging Data
Pointers
Arrays and Pointers
Maximizing Computer’s Memory
Structures
Files, Disk Files
Saving Random Files into Computer
Functions
Passing Variables to Functions
Returning Data from Functions
Appendices