Chapter 13. Programming with C

In This Chapter

  • Introducing C

  • Analyzing a C Program

  • Using the main() Function's Format

  • Using the #include Statement

  • C Data

  • C Comments

  • Declaring Variables

  • C Functions

  • C Operators

  • C Control Statements

C is one of those programming languages that most programmers never predicted would take off. Designed as a highly efficient, somewhat cryptic language used to write in the Unix operating system, C is a language designed by system programmers. The application programming community never intended to use C seriously.

Today, virtually every program you see on the store shelves is written in either C or, more likely, a language based on C. A C-based compiler is on a high percentage of programmers' computers. C's importance to modern ...

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