C Primer Plus, 6th Edition

C Primer Plus, 6th Edition is a carefully tested, well-crafted, and complete tutorial on a subject core to programmers and developers. This computer science classic teaches principles of programming, including structured code and top-down design.

Author and educator Stephen Prata has created an introduction to C that is instructive, clear, and insightful. Fundamental programming concepts are explained along with details of the C language. Many short, practical examples illustrate just one or two concepts at a time, encouraging readers to master new topics by immediately putting them to use.

Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter bring out the most critical pieces of information and help readers understand and digest the most difficult concepts. A friendly and easy-to-use self-study guide, this book is appropriate for serious students of programming, as well as developers proficient in other languages with a desire to better understand the fundamentals of this core language.

The sixth edition of this book has been updated and expanded to cover the latest developments in C as well as to take a detailed look at the new C11 standard. In C Primer Plus, 6th Edition you’ll find depth, breadth, and a variety of teaching techniques and tools to enhance your learning:

• Complete, integrated discussion of both C language fundamentals and additional features
• Clear guidance about when and why to use different parts of the language
• Hands-on learning with concise and simple examples that develop your understanding of a concept or two at a time
• Hundreds of practical sample programs
• Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter to test your understanding
• Coverage of generic C to give you the greatest flexibility

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Ready
Chapter 2. Introducing C
Chapter 3. Data and C
Chapter 4. Character Strings and Formatted Input/Output
Chapter 5. Operators, Expressions, and Statements
Chapter 6. C Control Statements: Looping
Chapter 7. C Control Statements: Branching and Jumps
Chapter 8. Character Input/Output and Input Validation
Chapter 9. Functions
Chapter 10. Arrays and Pointers
Chapter 11. Character Strings and String Functions
Chapter 12. Storage Classes, Linkage, and Memory Management
Chapter 13. File Input/Output
Chapter 14. Structures and Other Data Forms
Chapter 15. Bit Fiddling
Chapter 16. The C Preprocessor and the C Library
Chapter 17. Advanced Data Representation

Appendix A. Answers to the Review Questions
Appendix B. Reference Section