A Book On C, 4/E

Now in its fourth edition, A Book on C retains the features that have made it a proven best-selling tutorial and reference on the ANSI C programming language. This edition builds on the many existing strength of the text to improve, update, and extend the coverage of C, and now includes information on transitioning to Java and C++ from C. New and updated programming examples and dissections--the authors' trademark technique for illustrating and teaching language concepts. Recursion is emphasized with revised coverage in both text and exercises. Multifile programming is given greater attention, as are the issues of correctness and type safety. Function prototypes are now used throughout the text. Abstract Data Types, the key concept necessary to understanding objects are carefully covered. Updated material on transitioning to C++, including coverage of the important concepts of object-oriented programming. New coverage is provided on transitioning from C to Java References to key programming functions and C features are provided in convenient files. Preface Starting from Zero An Overview of C Lexical Elements, Operators, and the C System The Fundamental Data Types Flow of Control Functions Arrays, Pointers, and Strings Bitwise Operators and Enumeration Types The Preprocessor Structures and Unions Structures and List Processing Input/Output and the Operating System Advanced Applications Moving from C to C++ Moving from C to Java Appendices The Standard Library Language Syntax ANSI C Compared to Traditional C ASCII Character Codes Operator Precedence and Associability Index A.L. Kelley & Ira Pohl are professors of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz.