1 Programming in C: an Overview.............................1 1.1 ��C Program Development Cycle..................................................2 1.2 ��Basic Programming Tools and Concepts....................................4 1.3 ��Playing with Basic C Language Primitives and Data Types.......6 1.3.1 ��C Program Skeleton or Structure...................................................7 1.3.2 ��Create Your First C Program ........................................................9 1.3.3 ��Understanding Preprocessor-generated Files...............................14 1.3.4 ��Compilation Process and Error Classes.......................................18 1.3.5 ��Playing with Semantic and Syntax Errors ..................................22 1.3.6 ��Playing with Runtime Errors: the Debugging Process ...............25 1.4 ��Playing with Type Definition, Arrays and Structure ................31 1.5 ��Playing with C Language Constructs........................................35 1.6 ��Playing with C Function and Pointer........................................46 2 Hands-on Functions..............................................542.1 ��Algorithm and Programming....................................................55 2.2 ��Function Declaration and Definition.........................................62 2.3 ��Function Call Types and Their Mechanisms.............................68 2.4 ��Function and Programming Modularity....................................72 2.5 ��Function Scope and Variable Lifetime......................................81 2.6 ��Recursive Function...................................................................96 3 Hands-on-Pointers: The Basics..........................104 3.1 ��Pointer and Memory...............................................................105 3.2 ��Pointer Expressions and Arithmetic........................................110 3.3 ��Pointer and Arrays...................................................................113 3.4 ��Pointers and Structures...........................................................125 4 Hands-on-Pointers: Advanced Features............1444.1 ��Pointers and Functions...........................................................145 4.2 ��Command Line Arguments: Arguments to Main().................153 4.3 ��File System Basics and the File Pointer .................................162 4.4 ��Dynamic Memory Management in C and Linked List...........170 5 From C to C ......................................................181 5.1 ��A Brief Overview of C Main Features...............................182 5.2 ��Usage of Some C Key Concepts........................................184 INDEX..........................................................................205