A Friendly Introduction to the C Programming Language Dmitrović, Slobodan. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text xxu 2024 2nd ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XXI, 351 p. 21 illus. online resource. Learn the basics of C, the C standard library, and modern C standards. Complete with modern, up-to-date examples and screenshots, this new edition is fully updated and reworked with the latest C23 standards and features. C is a language that is as popular today as it was decades ago. It can be used to program a microcontroller or to develop an entire operating system. Author Slobodan Dmitrović takes you on a journey through the C programming language, the standard library, and the C standards basics. Each chapter is the right balance of theory and code examples. Written in a concise and easy-to-follow manner, this book will provide you all the essentials needed to start programming in modern C. You will: Understand C programming language and C standard library fundamentals Work with new C standards features Study the basics of types, operators, statements, arrays, functions, and structs Review the fundamentals of pointers, memory allocation, and memory manipulation Take advantage of best practices in C. Part I: The C Programming Language -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Our First Program -- Chapter 3: Types and Declarations -- Chapter 4: Exercises -- Chapter 5: Operators -- Chapter 6: Expressions -- Chapter 7: Statements -- Chapter 8: Exercises -- Chapter 9: Arrays -- Chapter 10: Pointers -- Chapter 11: Command-line Arguments -- Chapter 12: Exercises -- Chapter 13: Functions -- Chapter 14: Exercises -- Chapter 15: Structures -- Chapter 16: Unions -- Chapter 17: Conditional Expression -- Chapter 18: Typedef -- Chapter 19: Const Qualifier -- Chapter 20: Enumerations -- Chapter 21: Function Pointers -- Chapter 22: Exercises -- Chapter 23: Preprocessor -- Chapter 24: Exercises -- Chapter 25: Dynamic Memory Allocation -- Chapter 26: Storage and Scope -- Chapter 27: Exercises -- Chapter 28: Standard Input and Output -- Chapter 29: File Input and Output -- Chapter 30: Exercises -- Chapter 31: Header and Source Files -- Part II: The C Standard Library -- Chapter 32: Introduction to C Standard Library -- Part III: Modern C Standards -- Chapter 33: Introduction to C 11 Standards -- Chapter 34: The C 17 Standard -- Chapter 35: The Upcoming C2X Standard -- Part IV: Dos and Don'ts -- Chapter 36: Do Not Use the gets Function -- Chapter 37: Initialize Variables Before Using Them -- Chapter 38: Do Not Read Out of Bounds -- Chapter 39: Do Not Free the Allocated Memory Twice -- Chapter 40: Do Not Cast the Result of malloc -- Chapter 41: Do Not Overflow a Signed Integer -- Chapter 42: Cast a Pointer to void* When Printing Through printf -- Chapter 43: Do Not Divide by Zero -- Chapter 44: Where to Use Pointers? -- Chapter 45: Prefer Functions to Function-like Macros -- Chapter 46: Static Global Names -- Chapter 47: What to Put in Header Files? -- Part V: Appendices -- Appendix A: Linkage -- Appendix B: Time and Date -- Appendix C: Bitwise Operators -- Appendix D: Numeric Limits -- Appendix E: Summary and Advice. by Slobodan Dmitrović. Programming languages (Electronic computers) Computer science Makerspaces Programming Language Computer Science Maker QA76.7-.73 9798868802249 https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0224-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0224-9 240311 20251030111715.0 979-8-8688-0224-9