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Essence of C
Lessons

Summary

• 1 - OVERVIEW
• 2 - C EXPRESSIONS
• 3 - PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS
• 4 - ARRAYS AND STRINGS
• 5 - POINTERS
• 6 - FUNCTIONS
• 7 - CUSTOM DATA TYPES
• 8 - CONSOLE INPUT/OUTPUT
• 9 - DISK FILE INPUT/OUTPUT
• 10 -THE C PREPROCESSOR
• 11 - LIBRARIES, LINKING, AND HEADER FILES

Detail

• 1 - OVERVIEW
  • Origins of C
  • The Nature of C
    • Libraries and Linking
  • Separate Compilation
  • C's Memory Map
  • C Language Fundamentals
  • ANSI C Keywords
• 2 - C EXPRESSIONS
  • The Five Basic Data Types
    • Modifying the Basic Types
  • Identifier Names
  • Variables
    • Local (Auto) Variables
    • Formal Parameters
    • Global Variables
  • Storage Class Specifiers
    • extern
    • static
    • register Variables
  • Access Type Modifiers
    • const
    • volatile
  • Constants
  • Assignment, Arithmetic, Relational and Logical Operators
    • Assignment Operator
    • Arithmetic Operators
    • Relational and Logical Operators
    • Bitwise Operators
    • Pre-Amble - Representation of Positive and Negative Numbers
    • Bitwise Operators - General
    • Clearing a Bit - Bitwise AND (&)
    • Setting a Bit - Bitwise OR (|)
    • Exclusive OR (^)
    • Shift Operators (<< and >>)
    • One's Complement Operator (~)
    • Use of Bitwise Operators as Assignment Operators
    • Using Constants
    • Bitwise Operations on Different Data Items
    • The ? Operator
    • The & and * Operators
    • The & Operator
    • The * Operator
  • The Compile-Time Operator sizeof
  • The Comma Operator
  • The . and -> Operators
  • Miscellaneous Features
    • Casting
    • C Shorthand
  • Operator Precedence
  • More on Assignments - Type Conversion and Multiple Assignments
    • Type Conversion
    • Multiple Assignments
• 3 - PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS
  • Overview
  • True and False and Conditional Expressions in C
  • Selection (or Conditional) Statements
    • The if Statement
    • The switch Statement
  • Iteration Statements
    • The for Loop
    • The while Loop
    • The do-while Loop
  • Jump Statements
    • The return Statement
    • The goto Statement
    • The break Statement
    • The exit() Function
    • The continue Statement
• 4 - ARRAYS AND STRINGS
  • Single Dimension Arrays
  • Generating a Pointer to an Array
  • Passing Single-Dimension Arrays to Functions
  • Strings
  • Two-Dimensional Arrays
  • Arrays of Strings
  • Multi-Dimensional Arrays
  • Indexing Pointers
  • Array Initialization
  • Unsized Array Initializations
• 5 - POINTERS
  • Pointer Operators
    • The & Operator
    • The * Operator
  • Pointer Expressions
    • Pointer Assignments
    • Pointer Arithmetic
    • Pointer Comparisons
  • Pointers and Arrays
    • Arrays of Pointers
  • Multiple Indirection
  • Initializing Pointers
  • Pointers to Functions
  • C's Dynamic Allocation Functions
  • Dynamically Allocated Arrays and Pointers
• 6 - FUNCTIONS
  • The General Form of a Function
  • Scope Rules of Functions
  • Function Arguments
    • Call-by-Value
    • Call-by-Reference
    • Calling Functions With Arrays
    • argc and argv - Arguments to main()
  • The return Statement
  • Returning Values
  • Functions That Return Non-Integer Values
  • Returning Pointers
  • Functions of Type void
  • What Does main() Return?
  • Recursion
  • Parameter Lists of Variable Length and Type
  • Efficiency
  • Libraries and Files
• 7 - CUSTOM DATA TYPES
  • Structures
    • Definition
    • Declaration
    • Referencing Structure Elements
    • Structure Assignments
    • Arrays of Structures
    • Passing Structures to Functions
    • Passing Entire Structures to Functions
    • Declaring Structure Pointers
    • Using Structure Pointers
    • Arrays and Structures Within Structures
  • Bit-Fields
    • Bit-Fields - A Type of Structure
    • An Example Application
    • Referencing Bit-Field Elements
    • Variations in Definition
    • Limitations
    • Mixing Normal and Bit-Field Structure Elements
  • Unions
    • Accessing Union Elements
    • Usage
  • Enumerations
    • Definition and Declaration
    • Initialization
  • typedef
• 8 - CONSOLE INPUT/OUTPUT
  • Introduction
  • Reading and Writing Characters
  • Reading and Writing Strings
  • Formatted Console I/O
  • printf
    • Format Specifiers
    • Format Modifiers
    • Left Justification (-)
    • The l,h and L Modifiers
    • The # Modifier
    • The * Modifier
  • scanf
    • Format Specifiers
    • Reading Strings
    • The %n Specifier
    • Using a Scanset
    • The Need For Addresses
    • Format Modifiers
    • Suppressing Input
• 9 - DISK FILE INPUT/OUTPUT
  • Introduction
    • ANSI C Versus UNIX
  • Streams and Files
    • Streams
    • Files
  • File System Basics
    • The File Pointer
    • Opening a File
    • Closing a File
    • Writing a Character
    • Reading a Character
    • Using feof()
    • Working With Strings - fputs() and fgets()
    • rewind()
    • ferror()
    • Erasing Files
    • Flushing a Stream
    • fread() and fwrite()
    • fseek() and Random Access I/O
    • fprint() and fscanf()
    • The Standard Streams
  • Demonstration File I/O Programs
• 10 -THE C PREPROCESSOR
  • The C Preprocessor
  • #define
  • #error
  • #include
  • Conditional Compilation - #if, #else, #elif, and #endif
  • #ifdef and #ifndef
  • #undef
  • #line
  • #pragma
  • The # and ## Preprocessor Operators
  • Predefined Macro Names
• 11 - LIBRARIES, LINKING, AND HEADER FILES
  • The Linker
  • Linking With Overlays
  • The C Standard Library
  • Libraries Versus Object Files
  • Header Files
  • Macros in Header Files

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