Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 hours

• Offers many sample programs and exercises with clear explanation and answers
• Provides a complete starter kit for beginning C programmers
• C is still one of the most popular programming language and is the core language taught in schools
• CD-ROM contains a C Compiler and sample projects and source code
  

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I: The Basics of C

Hour 1: Taking the First Step

Hour 2: Writing Your First C Program

Hour 3: Learning the Structure of a C Program

Hour 4: Understanding Data Types and Keywords

Hour 5: Handling Standard Input and Output

Part II: Operators and Control-flow Statements

Hour 6: Manipulating Data

Hour 7: Working with Loops

Hour 8: Using Conditional Operators

Hour 9: Working with Data Modifiers and Math Functions

Hour 10: Controlling Program Flow

Part III: Pointers and Arrays

Hour 11: Understanding Pointers

Hour 12: Understanding Arrays

Hour 13: Manipulating Strings

Hour 14: Understanding Scope and Storage Classes

Part IV: Functions and Dynamic Memory Allocation

Hour 15: Working with Functions

Hour 16: Applying Pointers

Hour 17: Allocating Memory

Hour 18: Using Special Data Types and Functions

Part V: Structure, Union, File I/O, and More

Hour 19: Understanding Structures

Hour 20: Understanding Unions

Hour 21: Reading and Writing with Files

Hour 22: Using Special File Functions

Hour 23: Compiling Programs: The C Preprocessor

Hour 24: Where Do You Go from Here?

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: ANSI Standard Header Files

Index