Sams teach yourself C in one hour a day

pt. I. Fundamentals of C

1. Getting started with C

A brief history of the C language

2. The components of a C program

The short C program

3. Storing information : variables and constants

Understanding your computer's memory

Storing information with variables

Numeric variable types

Constants

4. The pieces of a C program : statements, expressions, and operators

5. Packaging code in functions

Understanding functions

Functions and structured programming

Writing a function

Passing arguments to a function

Calling functions

Recursion

Inline functions

6. Basic program control

The basics

Controlling program execution

Nested loops

7. Fundamentals of reading and writing information

Displaying information onscreen

Inputting numeric data

Using trigraph sequences

pt. II. Putting C to work

8. Using numerical arrays

Naming and declaring arrays

9. Understanding pointers

Pointers and simple variables

Pointers and variable types

Pointers and arrays

Pointer cautions

Array subscript notation and pointers

Passing arrays to functions

10. Working with characters and strings

Data type

Character variables

Strings and pointers

Strings without arrays

Displaying strings and characters

Reading strings from the keyboard

11. Implementing structures, unions. and TypeDefs

Working with simple structures

Using structures that are more complex

Arrays of structures

Initializing structures

Structures and pointers

Understanding unions

Creating synonyms for structures

12. Understanding variable scope

13. Advanced program control

What is scope?

Creating external variables

Creating local variables

Local variables and the main function

Local variables and blocks

14. Working with the screen, printer, and keyboard

Streams and C

Using C's stream functions

Accepting keyboard input

Controlling output to the screen

pt. III. Advanced C

15. Pointers to pointers and arrays of pointers

16. Pointers to functions and linked lists

17. Using disk files

18. Manipulating strings

determining string length

Copying strings

Concatenating strings

Comparing strings

Search strings

String-to-number conversions

Character-test functions

19. Getting more from functions

20. Exploring the C function library

Mathematical functions

Dealing with time

Error-handling

Searching and sorting

21. Working with memory

Type conversions

Allocating memory storage space

Manipulating memory blocks

Working with bits

22. Advanced compiler use

Programming with multiple source-code files

The C preprocessor

Predefined macros

Using command-line arguments

pt. IV. Appendixes

ASCII chart

C/C++ reserved words

Common C functions..