Absolute Beginners Guide to C

by Greg Perry

Explains every aspect of how to start programming in the C language. The book features line drawings, designed to be both fun and meaningful; "Yikes!" sections indicate what to do with error messages; "Hmmmmmm!" sections explain important topics; and "Psst!" sections provide tips.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Technical, Computers, Technology

309 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Truly lives up to it's name. A good place to learn the C programming language if you are scared of computers, scared of math, or both.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to C programming.

[Wafa · Rating 3 out of 5]

helped me with my programming class. I am a completely newbie to computer language.

[Randall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still looking forward to the day someone writes a book about computer science in English and not Computerese. This is better than most, but that still isn't saying much unfortunately. The book also doesn't give the reader drills for practice. That would have been far more helpful than looking at the code of a Blackjack game in the appendix.

[knoba · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Overview
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. First Steps with C
Part 2. The Operating Room
Part 3. Keeping Control
Part 4. C programs and Lots of Data
Part 5. Form Follows Function
A. Where do I go from here?
B. Playing around with C Blackjack
C. The ASCII Table
Index

[Mudit · Rating 5 out of 5]

marvellous

[Sanghoo L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, plus the Blackjack appendix worked great! :D

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good guide, other than the sort example being faulty.

[Slightlygnarly]

Good introductory book.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book.