C For Basic Programmers
by T. D. Brown, Jr.
ISBN 0-9615336-1-7
1987
210 pages, Paperback
$34.95 (US Dollars)

 Summary    Contents 

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
  • Interpreters versus Compilers
  • A Quick Tour of the C Language
  • Final Comments
  • Exercises
• BASIC Facilities Present in C and Vice Versa
  • General Comments about C
  • Basics (Elements) of C
  • Fundamental Types
  • Derived Types
  • Operators & Expressions
  • Variable Initialization
  • Statements
  • Functions
  • Input/Output
  • Commonly Used Input/Output Functions
  • Error Trapping
  • Program Termination
  • Accessing Operating System Facilities
  • Calling Other Language Routines
  • Exercises
• C Facilities not in BASIC
  • C Preprocessor
  • Type Definitions
  • Fundamental Types
  • Enumeration Types
  • Derived Types
  • Functions
  • Storage Classes
  • Variable Initialization
  • Exercises
• Functions & Files
  • Function Definitions
  • Function Declarations
  • Function Calls
  • Argument Passing
  • Function Result & Completion
  • Recursion
  • Static Variables
  • Communication Between Functions
  • Function Names as Arguments
  • Independent Compilation
  • Examples
  • Exercises
• Pointers
  • Allocating & Deallocating Storage
  • Pointer Arithmetic
  • Lists: An Example of Pointer Use
  • Pointers & Arrays
  • Dynamic Arrays
  • Examples
  • Exercises
• C PreProcessor
  • Macro Definitions
  • Sets: An Example of Parameterized Macros
  • File Inclusion
  • Conditional Compilation
  • Avoiding Multiple File Inclusions
  • Exercises
• Large Examples
  • The Bank Teller Program
  • The Text Formatter
  • Exercises
• BASIC Facilities Not in C
  • BASIC Interpreter Commands
  • BASIC Non-Input/Output Statements
  • BASIC Input/Output Statements
  • Extended Screen & Keyboard Control
  • Exercises
• Appendix 1: C Library Functions
  • Storage Allocation
  • Character Manipulation
  • String Processing
  • Input/Output
  • Interaction with the Operating System
  • Math Library
• ASCII Character Set
• Bibliography
• Index