C Primer Plus is an approachable yet technically rigorous guide to C for programmers new to the language. This new edition updates it with the most important features added to the C 11 standard, while keeping the style and approach which have made the previous editions so popular. It contains extensive new code samples and exercises, for both classroom use and self-study.
Key Features: * New coverage of the C 11 standard * Teaches fundamentals of programming including principles of structured code and top-down design * Written in a friendly and engaging style, yet completely technically accurate * Instructor resources available through the IRC: solutions to end of chapter programming exercises and source code for the book's examples
About the Author Stephen Prata taught astronomy, physics, and computer science at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored or coauthored more than a dozen books on programming topics including New C Primer Plus, which received the Computer Press Associations 1990 Best How-to Computer Book Award, and C Primer Plus, nominated for the Computer Press Associations Best How-to Computer Book Award in 1991.
Table of Contents * Chapter 1: Getting Started with C * Chapter 2: Setting Out to C * Chapter 3: Dealing with Data * Chapter 4: Compound Types * Chapter 5: Loops and Relational Expressions * Chapter 6: Branching Statements and Logical Operators * Chapter 7: Functions: C ’s Programming Modules * Chapter 8: Adventures in Functions * Chapter 9: Memory Models and Namespaces * Chapter 10: Objects and Classes * Chapter 11: Working with Classes * Chapter 12: Classes and Dynamic Memory Allocation * Chapter 13: Class Inheritance * Chapter 14: Reusing Code in C * Chapter 15: Friends, Exceptions and More * Chapter 16: The string Class and the Standard Template Library * Chapter 17: Input, Output and Files * Chapter 18: Visiting with the New C Standard * Appendixes