book

Tiny C Projects

Name: Tiny C Projects
Author: Daniel Gookin
ISBN: 9781633439825

by Daniel Gookin

December 2022

Beginner

384 pages

10h 44m

English

Manning Publications

Read now

Unlock full access

Tiny C Projects
Copyright
contents
front matter
prefaceIs C programming still relevant?Why did I write this book?acknowledgmentsabout this bookWho should read this book?How this book is organized: A road mapSoftware/hardware requirementsOnline resourcesAbout the codeliveBook discussion forumabout the authorabout the cover illustration
1 Configuration and setup
1.1 The C development cycle1.1.1 Editing source code1.1.2 Compiling, linking, building1.2 The integrated development environment (IDE)1.2.1 Choosing an IDE1.2.2 Using Code::Blocks1.2.3 Using XCode1.3 Command-line compiling1.3.1 Accessing the terminal window1.3.2 Reviewing basic shell commands1.3.3 Exploring text screen editors1.3.4 Using a GUI editor1.3.5 Compiling and running1.4 Libraries and compiler options1.4.1 Linking libraries and setting other options in an IDE1.4.2 Using command-line compiler options1.5 Quiz
2 Daily greetings
2.1 The shell starts2.1.1 Understanding how the shell fits in2.1.2 Exploring various shell startup scripts2.1.3 Editing the shell startup script2.2 A simple greeting2.2.1 Coding a greeting2.2.2 Adding a name as an argument2.3 The time of day2.3.1 Obtaining the current time2.3.2 Mixing in the general time of day2.3.3 Adding specific time info2.4 The current moon phase2.4.1 Observing moon phases2.4.2 Writing the moon phase algorithm2.4.3 Adding the moon phase to your greeting2.5 A pithy saying2.5.1 Creating a pithy phrase repository2.5.2 Randomly reading a pithy phrase2.5.3 Adding the phrase to your greeting code
3 NATO output
3.1 The NATO alphabet3.2 The NATO translator program3.2.1 Writing the NATO translator3.2.2 Reading and converting a file3.3 From NATO to English3.3.1 Converting NATO input to character output3.3.2 Reading NATO input from a file
4 Caesarean cipher
4.1 I/O filters4.1.1 Understanding stream I/O4.1.2 Writing a simple filter4.1.3 Working a filter at the command prompt4.2 On the front lines with Caesar4.2.1 Rotating 13 characters4.2.2 Devising a more Caesarean cipher4.3 Deep into filter madness4.3.1 Building the hex output filter4.3.2 Creating a NATO filter4.3.3 Filtering words
5 Encoding and decoding
5.1 The concept of plain text5.1.1 Understanding ASCII5.1.2 Exploring the control codes5.1.3 Generating noncharacter output5.1.4 Playing with ASCII conversion tricks5.2 The hex encoder/decoder5.2.1 Writing a simple hex encoder/decoder5.2.2 Coding a better hex encoder/decoder5.2.3 Adding a wee bit of error-checking5.3 URL encoding5.3.1 Knowing all the URL encoding rules5.3.2 Writing a URL encoder5.3.3 Creating a URL decoder
6 Password generators
6.1 Password strategies6.1.1 Avoiding basic and useless passwords6.1.2 Adding password complexity6.1.3 Applying the word strategy6.2 The complex password jumble6.2.1 Building a silly random password program6.2.2 Adding conditions to the password program6.2.3 Improving upon the password6.3 Words in passwords6.3.1 Generating random words, Mad Libs style6.3.2 Building a random word password generator

7 String utilities
7.1 Strings in C7.1.1 Understanding the string7.1.2 Measuring a string7.1.3 Reviewing C string functions7.1.4 Returning versus modifying directly7.2 String functions galore7.2.1 Changing case7.2.2 Reversing a string7.2.3 Trimming a string7.2.4 Splitting a string7.2.5 Inserting one string into another7.2.6 Counting words in a string7.2.7 Converting tabs to spaces7.3 A string library7.3.1 Writing the library source and header file7.3.2 Creating a library7.3.3 Using the string library7.4 A kinda OOP approach7.4.1 Adding a function to a structure7.4.2 Creating a string “object”
8 Unicode and wide characters
8.1 Text representation in computers8.1.1 Reviewing early text formats8.1.2 Evolving into ASCII text and code pages8.1.3 Diving into Unicode8.2 Wide character programming8.2.1 Setting the locale8.2.2 Exploring character types8.2.3 Generating wide character output8.2.4 Receiving wide character input8.2.5 Working with wide characters in files
9 Hex dumper
9.1 Bytes and data9.1.1 Reviewing storage units and size mayhem9.1.2 Outputting byte values9.1.3 Dumping data9.2 Dump that file!9.2.1 Reading file data9.2.2 Fixing uneven output9.3 Command-line options9.3.1 Using the getopt() function9.3.2 Updating the dumpfile program code9.3.3 Setting abbreviated output9.3.4 Activating octal output
10 Directory tree
10.1 The filesystem10.2 File and directory details10.2.1 Gathering file info10.2.2 Exploring file type and permissions10.2.3 Reading a directory10.3 Subdirectory exploration10.3.1 Using directory exploration tools10.3.2 Diving into a subdirectory10.3.3 Mining deeper with recursion10.4 A directory tree10.4.1 Pulling out the directory name10.4.2 Monitoring directory depth
11 File finder
11.1 The great file hunt11.2 A file finder11.2.1 Coding the Find File utility11.2.2 Understanding the glob11.2.3 Using wildcards to find files11.3 The duplicate file finder11.3.1 Building a file list11.3.2 Locating the duplicates
12 Holiday detector
12.1 The operating system wants its vig12.1.1 Understanding exit status versus the termination status12.1.2 Setting a return value12.1.3 Interpreting the return value12.1.4 Using the preset return values12.2 All about today12.2.1 Getting today’s date12.2.2 Obtaining any old date12.3 Happy holidays12.3.1 Reviewing holidays in the United States12.3.2 Discovering holidays in the UK12.4 Is today a holiday?12.4.1 Reporting regular date holidays12.4.2 Dealing with irregular holidays12.4.3 Calculating Easter12.4.4 Running the date gauntlet
13 Calendar
13.1 The calendar program13.2 Good dates to know13.2.1 Creating constants and enumerating dates13.2.2 Finding the day of the week13.2.3 Calculating the first day of the month13.2.4 Identifying leap years13.2.5 Getting the time zone correct13.3 Calendar utilities13.3.1 Generating a week13.3.2 Showing a month13.3.3 Displaying a full year13.3.4 Putting the full year into a grid13.4 A calendar in color13.4.1 Understanding terminal colors13.4.2 Generating a tight-but-colorful calendar13.4.3 Coloring holidays
14 Lotto picks
14.1 A tax for those who are bad at math14.1.1 Playing the lottery14.1.2 Understanding the odds14.1.3 Programming the odds14.2 Here are your winning numbers14.2.1 Generating random values14.2.2 Drawing lotto balls14.2.3 Avoiding repeated numbers, another approach14.3 Never tell me the odds14.3.1 Creating the lotto() function14.3.2 Matching lottery picks14.3.3 Testing the odds
15 Tic-tac-toe
15.1 A silly kids’ game15.1.1 Playing tic-tac-toe15.1.2 Approaching the game mathematically15.2 The basic game15.2.1 Creating the game grid15.2.2 Adding game play15.2.3 Limiting the input to free squares15.2.4 Determining the winner15.3 The computer plays15.3.1 Choosing the number of players15.3.2 Coding a dumb opponent15.3.3 Adding some intelligence
index

Content preview from Tiny C Projects

front matter

preface

Is C programming still relevant?

Every time I read that C is becoming obsolete, another article pops up on how C continues to be one of the most popular, in-demand programming languages—even as it passes its 50th birthday. Disparagement aside, C is the primary language used for system programming, networking, gaming, and coding microcontrollers. Even those trendy languages that the cool kids boast about most likely have their core originally written in C. It’s not going away any time soon.

I often refer to C as the Latin of computer programming languages. Its syntax and even a few keywords are borrowed heavily by other languages. Just as knowing Latin helps you understand and learn French, Italian, Spanish, and other languages, ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.

Julian F.

Head of Cybersecurity

I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.

Addison B.

Field Engineer

I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.

Amir M.

Data Platform Tech Lead

I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.

Mark W.

Embedded Software Engineer

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781633439825Publisher Support Publisher Website

Cloud Computing

Data Engineering

Data Science

AI & ML

Programming Languages

Software Architecture

IT/Ops

Security

Design