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Beginning C

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  • © 2004

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  1. Ivor Horton
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Programming in C

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    Pages 1-23

  3. First Steps in Programming

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    Pages 25-87

  4. Making Decisions

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    Pages 89-141

  5. Loops

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    Pages 143-195

  6. Arrays

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    Pages 197-229

  7. Applications with Strings and Text

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    Pages 231-267

  8. Pointers

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    Pages 269-330

  9. Structuring Your Programs

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    Pages 331-368

  10. More on Functions

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    Pages 369-417

  11. Essential Input and Output Operations

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    Pages 419-448

  12. Structuring Data

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    Pages 449-505

  13. Managing Large Amounts of Data

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    Pages 507-555

  14. Supporting Facilities

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    Pages 557-585

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 587-626
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About this book

The updated classic from author, lecturer, and respected academic Ivor Horton, Beginning C, Third Edition is the essential guide for anyone looking to learn the C language from the ground up. It is a highly recommended text for training courses and continuing education students, and assumes no prior working knowledge of C.

By reading this book, youll come to understand the fundamentals of the C language and learn how to program. All you need is this book and any one of the widely available free or commercial C or C++ compliers, and you'll soon be writing real C programs.

Youll learn C from the first principles, using step-by-step working examples that you'll create and execute yourself. This book will increase your programming expertise by guiding you through the development of fully-working C applications that use what you've learned in a practical context. You'll also be able to strike out on your own by trying the exercises included at the end of each chapter.

About the author

Ivor Horton is self-employed in consultancy and writes programming tutorials. He worked for IBM for many years and holds a bachelor's degree, with honors, in mathematics. Horton's experience at IBM includes programming in most languages (like assembler and high-level languages on a variety of machines), real-time programming, and designing and implementing real-time closed loop industrial control systems. He has extensive experience teaching programming to engineers and scientists (Fortran, PL/1, APL, etc.). Horton is an expert in mechanical, process, and electronic CAD systems; mechanical CAM systems; and DNC/CNC systems.

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