Programming with C and Introduction to Data Structures

The Programming with C and Introduction to Data Structures book helps you to master the C programming language. The book covers the basic model of computation, paradigms of programming, main programming structures, steps to develop a program, basic C concepts, data types, constants, variables, functions and placeholders, operators, and operator precedence. It also includes different types of statements in C such as conditional, iterative, and jump statements. Also, the book explains the types and limitations of arrays along with the declaration and initialization of a string. Functions, structures, file management, pointers, preprocessors, and data structures are also described in this book

In this book, you learn about:

• • Fundamentals of Problem Solving and C: Basic computation model, paradigms of programming, data types, constants, variables, functions, and operators

• • Branching and Looping Statements: Control, iterative, and jump statements

• • Arrays and Strings: One- and two-dimensional arrays, declaring and initializing a string, reading and displaying strings, string input and output functions, creating an array of strings, performing string operations, and using string manipulation functions

• • Working with Functions: Functions and program structure in C, location of functions, types of functions in C, parameter passing mechanisms, passing arrays in functions, void and parameter less functions, and recursive functions

• • Structures and File Management: Defining a structure, declaring structure variables, initializing structure variables, structures and functions, nested structures, arrays of structures, the typedef statement, defining files, and the basic operations on files

• Pointers and Preprocessors: Declaring a pointer variable, using the address of (&) an operator, initializing a pointer, dereferencing a pointer, performing operations on pointers, pointer to pointer, allocating memory at runtime, and preprocessor directives such as #define, #include, #if, #elif, #else, #endif, #undef, #ifdef, #ifndef, and #error