Standard Library

1.14 Standard Library

The remaining sections in this book describe the contents of the ANSI C library. The standard functions, types, and macros are grouped according to their purpose and areas of application. This arrangement makes it easy to find less well-known functions and macros. Each section also supplies the background information needed in order to make efficient use of the library's capabilities. New data types, functions, and macros introduced in ANSI C99 are indicated by an asterisk in parentheses ^(*).