1 An introduction to C
Abstract: In this chapter we present a brief description of the basics for the C programming language, which is very popular in scientific and engineering computations. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the programming fundamentals.
1.1 Syntax
The basic syntax constructions of a C program are described below in order to understand the codes presented in other chapters of the book.
1.1.1 Characters
The following characters are used in C:
- – The upper and lower case letters:
- – Decimal numerals:
- – Punctuation marks:
- – Whitespace: space, tab, newline and form feed. ...
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