This tutorial teaches the entire C programming language. It is composed of 13 chapters which should be studied in order since topics are introduced in a logical order and build upon topics introduced in previous chapters. It is to the students benefit to compile and execute each example program as it is studied. The diligent student will modify the example program in some way, then recompile and execute it to see if he understands the material studied for that program. This will provide the student with valuable experience using his compiler.

The recommended method of study is to print the text for one or two chapters, locate the example programs in the /src directory, and study the material by loading the example programs in the compiler's editor for viewing.

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Introduction - What is C and why study it?

Chapter 1 - Getting Started

Chapter 2 - Program Structure

Chapter 3 - Program Control

Chapter 4 - Assignment & Logical Compare

Chapter 5 - Functions, Variables, & Prototyping

Chapter 6 - The C Preprocessor

Chapter 7 - Strings and Arrays

Chapter 8 - Pointers

Chapter 9 - Standard Input/Output

Chapter 10 - File Input/Output

Chapter 11 - Structures

Chapter 12 - Dynamic Allocation

Chapter 13 - Character and Bit Manipulation

HTML Documentation - All 14 files listed above (plus the diagrams) are included for use locally. There are no executable files in this group of files.

Source Code - All example programs. There are 79 source files which are all explained in the 13 chapters of text. There are no executable files in this group of files.

Answers to Exercises- The authors answers to all of the programming exercises. There are 29 source files. There are no executable files in this group of files.