C Primer Plus®, Third Edition

Chapter 7. C Control Statements: Branching and Jumps

You will learn about the following in this chapter:

• Keywords

  if, else, switch, continue
  break, case, default, goto
  

• Operators

  && || ?:
  

• Functions

  getchar(), putchar(), the ctype.h family
  

In this chapter, you learn how to use the if and if else statements and how to nest them. You use logical operators to combine relational expressions into more involved test expressions. You encounter C's conditional operator; study the switch statement; learn about the break, continue, and goto jumps; and use C's character I/O functions—getchar() and putchar(). You also learn about the family of character-analysis functions provided by the ctype.h header file.

As you grow more comfortable with C, you will ...