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C Programming

Name: C Programming
Author: Ashok Kamthane
ISBN: 9788131770931

by Ashok Kamthane

April 2010

Intermediate to advanced

356 pages

7h 45m

English

Pearson India

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Cover
Title Page
Contents
About the Authors
Dedication
Preface
1. Computer Fundamentals and Brief Information on C
1.1. Components of a Computer1.2. Latest Computers1.3. Algorithm1.4. Sequence, Selection and Iteration1.5. Flowcharts1.6. An Overview of Compilers and Interpreters1.7. Structure of a C Program1.8. C Programming Rules1.9. Executing the Program1.10. An Example of a C ProgramExercisesAnswers
2. The C Declarations
2.1. Introduction2.2. The C Character Set2.3. Delimiters2.4. Types of Tokens2.5. The C Keywords2.6. Identifiers2.7. Constants2.7.1. Numeric Constants2.7.2. Character Constants2.8. Variables2.9. Rules for Defining Variables2.10. C Data Types2.10.1. Basic Data Type2.10.2. The Void Data Type2.11. Initializing Variables2.12. Dynamic Initialization2.13. Type Modifiers2.14. Type Conversion2.15. Wrapping Around2.16. Constant and Volatile Variables2.16.1. Constant Variable2.16.2. Volatile VariableExercisesAnswers
3. Operators and Expressions
3.1. Operators3.2. Arithmetic Operators3.3. Relational Operators3.4. Logical Operators3.5. Increment and Decrement Operators (Unary Operators)3.6. Assignment Operators and Expressions3.7. Comma and Conditional Operator3.8. Bitwise OperatorsExercisesAnswers
4. Decision Control
4.1. Control Structures4.2. if Statement4.3. if-else Statement4.4. Nested if-else Statement4.5. switch Statement4.5.1. switch() executionExercisesAnswers

5. Loop Control Statements
5.1. What is a Program Loop?5.2. for Loop5.3. Nested for Loops5.4. while Loop5.5. do-while5.6. do-while Statement with while Loop5.7. break Statement5.8. continue Statement5.9. goto StatementExercises
Answers
6. Arrays
6.1. Definition of an Array6.2. Declaration of One-Dimensional Array6.3. One-Dimensional Array Initialization6.4. Access to One-Dimensional Array Elements6.5. Printing One-Dimensional Array Elements6.6. Initialization of Two-Dimensional Array6.7. Initialization of Three-Dimensional Arrays6.8. Arrays and Pointers6.8.1. Array and FunctionExercisesAnswers
7. String Operations and Standard Functions
7.1. Definition of String7.2. Declaration and Initialization of a String7.3. Display of Strings with Different Formats7.4. String Standard FunctionsExercisesAnswers
8. Pointers
8.1. Pointer Definition8.2. Features of Pointers8.3. Pointers and Addresses8.4. Pointer Declaration8.5. Arithmetic Operations with Pointers8.6. Pointers and Arrays8.7. Pointers to Pointers8.8. Dynamic Memory Allocation8.9. Memory Allocation FunctionsExercisesAnswers
9. Functions
9.1. Introduction9.2. Definition of Function9.2.1. Why use functions?9.2.2. How function works?9.3. Function Definition Syntax9.4. The Return Statement9.5. Types of Functions9.5.1. Without arguments and return values9.5.2. With arguments but without return values9.5.3. Function with passing arguments and Return values9.5.4. Function without passing arguments, but with return values9.6. Call by Value and Reference9.7. Function Returning More Values9.8. Function as an Argument9.9. Function with Operators9.10. Function and Decision Statements9.11. Function and Loop Statements9.12. Functions with Arrays and Pointers9.12.1. Initialization of array using function9.12.2. Passing array elements to function9.13. Recursion9.14. Library Functions (Table 9.9)ExercisesAnswers
10. Storage Class
10.1. Introduction10.2. Automatic Variables10.3. External Variables10.4. Static Variables10.5. Register VariablesExercisesAnswers
11. Preprocessor Directives
11.1. Introduction11.2. #define Directive11.3. Undefining a Macro11.4. Token Pasting and Stringizing Operators11.5. #include Directive11.6. Conditional Compilation11.7. #ifndef Directive11.8. #error Directive11.9. #line Directive11.10. inline Directive11.11. #pragma Saveregs11.12. The Pre-Defined Macros in ANSI and Turbo C11.12.1. ANSI C Pre-Defined Macros11.12.2. Turbo C Pre-Defined Macros11.13. The Pre-Defined Marcos in ctype.h ExercisesAnswers
12. Structure and Union
12.1. Basics of Structure12.2. Features of Structures12.3. Definition and Declaration of Structure12.4. Structure within a Structure12.5. Array of Structures12.6. Pointer to Structure12.7. Structure and Functions12.8. typedef12.9. Bit Fields12.10. Enumerated Data Type12.11. union12.12. Calling BIOS and DOS Services12.13. Union of StructuresExercisesAnswers
13. Files
13.1. Introduction of a File13.1.1. Definition of a file13.2. Streams and File Types13.2.1. File Types13.3. Steps for File Operations13.3.1. Opening of file13.3.2. Text modes13.3.3. Binary modes13.3.4. Reading a file13.3.5. Closing a file13.4. File I/O13.5. Other File Functions13.5.1. The fseek() function13.6. Searching Errors in Reading/Writing Files13.7. Low-Level Disk I/O13.8. Command Line ArgumentsExercisesAnswers
14. Graphics
14.1. Introduction14.2. Initialization of Graphics14.3. Few Graphics Functions14.4. Programs Using Library Functions14.5. Working with Text14.6. Filling Patterns with Different Colors and Styles14.7. Mouse Programming14.8. Drawing Non-Common Figures14.9. SummaryExercisesAnswers
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Acknowledgements
Copyright

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CHAPTER OUTLINE

13.1 Introduction of a File

13.2 Streams and File Types

13.3 Steps for File Operations

13.4 File I/O

13.5 Other File Functions

13.6 Searching Errors in Reading/Writing Files

13.7 Low-Level Disk I/O

13.8 Command Line Arguments

13.1 INTRODUCTION OF A FILE

A file is nothing but a collection of records and each line of the data is recorded in the file. The record is a group of related data items. All data items related to students, employees, customers, etc. are nothing but records. In other words, file is a collection of numbers, symbols and texts placed onto the secondary devices like hard disk, pen drive and compact disk. Files are stored permanently onto the disk, and one can access them for further monitoring/processing ...

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