The C Language (416 Abridged)

Introduction

This is an abridged C language book (Can we really call it a book when it's in a markdown file?), focusing on aspects of C that are used more often in CS416.

While the K&R C Language book is great (think CLRS in algorithms but for C), it's more than 155 pages for a language with similar syntax to Java for basic things and doesn't really give tips and tricks on useful techniques that could make your life a lot easier.

It's still recommended that you go through the K&R book if you have time since it goes into much more detail.

Contents

• The Basics
  • The main() Function
  • Including Other Packages
  • Printf
  • Types
  • Anything With Conditionals
  • Some Useful Syntax Using Conditional Parameters
  • Operators
  • Functions
  • Function Prototypes
• The Essentials
  • Structs
  • Enums and Unions
  • Pointers
  • Malloc and Free
  • Arrays and Strings
  • Sizeof
  • Casting
  • Bit Manipulation
• Not Essentials But Must Haves
  • Typedef
  • Macros
  • Header Files
• Other Important Things
  • Pointer Arithmetic
  • Ternary Statements
  • read(), write(), dirent, and other File Based I/O
  • memcpy(), memset(), calloc()
  • Realloc
  • Const
  • Static
• Not Used (in CS416) But Interesting Topics
  • Variable Arguments
  • Preprocessors
  • Bit Fields