Preface;
How This Book is Organized;
Chapter by Chapter;
Notes on the Third Edition;
Font Conventions;
Obtaining Source Code;
Comments and Questions;
Acknowledgments;
Acknowledgments to the Third Edition;
Basics;
Chapter 1: What Is C?;
1.1 How Programming Works;
1.2 Brief History of C;
1.3 How C Works;
1.4 How to Learn C;
Chapter 2: Basics of Program Writing;
2.1 Programs from Conception to Execution;
2.2 Creating a Real Program;
2.3 Creating a Program Using a Command-Line Compiler;
2.4 Creating a Program Using an Integrated Development Environment;
2.5 Getting Help on UNIX;
2.6 Getting Help in an Integrated Development Environment;
2.7 IDE Cookbooks;
2.8 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 3: Style;
3.1 Common Coding Practices;
3.2 Coding Religion;
3.3 Indentation and Code Format;
3.4 Clarity;
3.5 Simplicity;
3.6 Summary;
Chapter 4: Basic Declarations and Expressions;
4.1 Elements of a Program;
4.2 Basic Program Structure;
4.3 Simple Expressions;
4.4 Variables and Storage;
4.5 Variable Declarations;
4.6 Integers;
4.7 Assignment Statements;
4.8 printf Function;
4.9 Floating Point;
4.10 Floating Point Versus Integer Divide;
4.11 Characters;
4.12 Answers;
4.13 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 5: Arrays, Qualifiers, and Reading Numbers;
5.1 Arrays;
5.2 Strings;
5.3 Reading Strings;
5.4 Multidimensional Arrays;
5.5 Reading Numbers;
5.6 Initializing Variables;
5.7 Types of Integers;
5.8 Types of Floats;
5.9 Constant Declarations;
5.10 Hexadecimal and Octal Constants;
5.11 Operators for Performing Shortcuts;
5.12 Side Effects;
5.13 ++x or x++;
5.14 More Side-Effect Problems;
5.15 Answers;
5.16 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 6: Decision and Control Statements;
6.1 if Statement;
6.2 else Statement;
6.3 How Not to Use strcmp;
6.4 Looping Statements;
6.5 while Statement;
6.6 break Statement;
6.7 continue Statement;
6.8 Assignment Anywhere Side Effect;
6.9 Answer;
6.10 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 7: Programming Process;
7.1 Setting Up;
7.2 Specification;
7.3 Code Design;
7.4 Prototype;
7.5 Makefile;
7.6 Testing;
7.7 Debugging;
7.8 Maintenance;
7.9 Revisions;
7.10 Electronic Archaeology;
7.11 Marking Up the Program;
7.12 Using the Debugger;
7.13 Text Editor as a Browser;
7.14 Add Comments;
7.15 Programming Exercises;
Simple Programming;
Chapter 8: More Control Statements;
8.1 for Statement;
8.2 switch Statement;
8.3 switch, break, and continue;
8.4 Answers;
8.5 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 9: Variable Scope and Functions;
9.1 Scope and Class;
9.2 Functions;
9.3 Functions with No Parameters;
9.4 Structured Programming;
9.5 Recursion;
9.6 Answers;
9.7 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 10: C Preprocessor;
10.1 #define Statement;
10.2 Conditional Compilation;
10.3 include Files;
10.4 Parameterized Macros;
10.5 Advanced Features;
10.6 Summary;
10.7 Answers;
10.8 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 11: Bit Operations;
11.1 Bit Operators;
11.2 The and Operator (&);
11.3 Bitwise or (|);
11.4 The Bitwise Exclusive or (^);
11.5 The Ones Complement Operator (Not) (~);
11.6 The Left- and Right-Shift Operators (<<, >>);
11.7 Setting, Clearing, and Testing Bits;
11.8 Bitmapped Graphics;
11.9 Answers;
11.10 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 12: Advanced Types;
12.1 Structures;
12.2 Unions;
12.3 typedef;
12.4 enum Type;
12.5 Casting;
12.6 Bit Fields or Packed Structures;
12.7 Arrays of Structures;
12.8 Summary;
12.9 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 13: Simple Pointers;
13.1 Pointers as Function Arguments;
13.2 const Pointers;
13.3 Pointers and Arrays;
13.4 How Not to Use Pointers;
13.5 Using Pointers to Split a String;
13.6 Pointers and Structures;
13.7 Command-Line Arguments;
13.8 Programming Exercises;
13.9 Answers;
Chapter 14: File Input/Output;
14.1 Conversion Routines;
14.2 Binary and ASCII Files;
14.3 The End-of-Line Puzzle;
14.4 Binary I/O;
14.5 Buffering Problems;
14.6 Unbuffered I/O;
14.7 Designing File Formats;
14.8 Answers;
14.9 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 15: Debugging and Optimization;
15.1 Debugging;
15.2 Interactive Debuggers;
15.3 Debugging a Binary Search;
15.4 Runtime Errors;
15.5 The Confessional Method of Debugging;
15.6 Optimization;
15.7 Answers;
15.8 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 16: Floating Point;
16.1 Floating-Point Format;
16.2 Floating Addition/Subtraction;
16.3 Multiplication;
16.4 Division;
16.5 Overflow and Underflow;
16.6 Roundoff Error;
16.7 Accuracy;
16.8 Minimizing Roundoff Error;
16.9 Determining Accuracy;
16.10 Precision and Speed;
16.11 Power Series;
16.12 Programming Exercises;
Advanced Programming Concepts;
Chapter 17: Advanced Pointers;
17.1 Pointers and Structures;
17.2 free Function;
17.3 Linked List;
17.4 Structure Pointer Operator;
17.5 Ordered Linked Lists;
17.6 Double-Linked Lists;
17.7 Trees;
17.8 Printing a Tree;
17.9 Rest of Program;
17.10 Data Structures for a Chess Program;
17.11 Answers;
17.12 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 18: Modular Programming;
18.1 Modules;
18.2 Public and Private;
18.3 The extern Modifier;
18.4 Headers;
18.5 The Body of the Module;
18.6 A Program to Use Infinite Arrays;
18.7 The Makefile for Multiple Files;
18.8 Using the Infinite Array;
18.9 Dividing a Task into Modules;
18.10 Module Division Example: Text Editor;
18.11 Compiler;
18.12 Spreadsheet;
18.13 Module Design Guidelines;
18.14 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 19: Ancient Compilers;
19.1 K&R-Style Functions;
19.2 Library Changes;
19.3 Missing Features;
19.4 Free/Malloc Changes;
19.5 lint;
19.6 Answers;
Chapter 20: Portability Problems;
20.1 Modularity;
20.2 Word Size;
20.3 Byte Order Problem;
20.4 Alignment Problem;
20.5 NULL Pointer Problem;
20.6 Filename Problems;
20.7 File Types;
20.8 Summary;
20.9 Answers;
Chapter 21: C's Dustier Corners;
21.1 do/while;
21.2 goto;
21.3 The ?: Construct;
21.4 The , Operator;
21.5 volatile Qualifier;
21.6 Answer;
Chapter 22: Putting It All Together;
22.1 Requirements;
22.2 Specification;
22.3 Code Design;
22.4 Coding;
22.5 Functional Description;
22.6 Expandability;
22.7 Testing;
22.8 Revisions;
22.9 A Final Warning;
22.10 Program Files;
22.11 Programming Exercises;
Chapter 23: Programming Adages;
23.1 General;
23.2 Design;
23.3 Declarations;
23.4 switch Statement;
23.5 Preprocessor;
23.6 Style;
23.7 Compiling;
23.8 Final Note;
23.9 Answer;
Other Language Features;
ASCII Table;
Ranges and Parameter Passing Conversions;
Ranges;
Automatic Type Conversions to Use When Passing Parameters;
Operator Precedence Rules;
Standard Rules;
Practical Subset;
A Program to Compute a Sine Using a Power Series;
The sine.c Program;
Glossary;
Colophon;