Contents at A Glance

		TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Introduction

		1

		Part I Welcome to C

		3

		1 What C Is All About

		4

		C Is Fundamental

		6

		The History of C

		6

		How C Differs

		7

		The C Programming Process

		9

		Proper Program Design

		10

		The Compile Process

		11

		Running a Program

		12

		Handling Errors

		14

		2 Analyzing C Programs

		16

		Studying a Program

		18

		The Format of a C Program

		19

		Readability Is the Key

		20

		Uppercase Versus Lowercase

		21

		Braces and mainx()

		22

		C Comments

		23

		Comments Are for You

		24

		The New Comment: //

		26

		Studying the Sample Program

		27

		3 Variables and Constants

		32

		C Variables

		34

		Naming Variables

		34

		Variable Types

		35

		Declaring Variables

		35

		Understanding Data Types

		37

		Assigning Values to Variables

		40

		Literal Constants

		42

		Integer Constants

		42

		String Constants

		44

		Character Constants

		48

		4 Introduction to Arrays

		52

		Introducing Arrays

		54

		Character Arrays Versus Strings

		57