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authorLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com>2013-09-20 22:00:14 -0500
committerLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com>2013-09-20 22:00:14 -0500
commit06265eba7a04a765ff5b19ab57353705dd79582e (patch)
tree708c0b0c79f239ca596b4361c7edb1ab74e3a55c /c.html.markdown
parent2ef41199266fefc868dd28c3e0ac5dc55daf9d8f (diff)
parentf28d33fb187bc834e6e2956117039f9abe3b6d9b (diff)
Merge
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/c.html.markdown b/c.html.markdown
index 68ef7f03..2a65d82c 100644
--- a/c.html.markdown
+++ b/c.html.markdown
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Multi-line comments look like this. They work in C89 as well.
//print formatting:
"%d" // integer
-"%3d" // minimum length of 3 digits for integer (right justifies text)
+"%3d" // integer with minimum of length 3 digits (right justifies text)
"%s" // string
"%f" // float
"%ld" // long
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Multi-line comments look like this. They work in C89 as well.
"%o" // octal
"%%" // prints %
-// Constants: use #define keyword, no semicolon at end.
+// Constants: #define <keyword> (no semicolon at end)
#define DAYS_IN_YEAR = 365
//enumeration constants are also ways to declare constants.
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ enum days {SUN = 1, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT};
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
// (File names between <angle brackets> are headers from the C standard library.)
// For your own headers, use double quotes instead of angle brackets:
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ int main() {
unsigned int ux_int;
unsigned long long ux_long_long;
- // chars inside single quotes '*' are integers in your character set.
+ // chars inside single quotes are integers in machine's character set.
'0' //==> 48 on the ASCII character set.
'A' //==> 65 on the ASCII character set.
@@ -226,20 +225,14 @@ int main() {
0 || 1; // => 1 (Logical or)
0 || 0; // => 0
- //Conditional expression ( ?: )
+ //Conditional expression ( ? : )
int a, b, z;
- z = (a > b) ? a : b; // z = max(a, b);
+ z = (a > b) ? a : b; // "if a > b return a, else return b."
//Increment and decrement operators:
- int j = 0;
- char s[];
- int w = 0;
- j++; //difference between postfix and prefix explained below
- ++j; // in string example.
- j--;
- --j;
s[j++]; //returns value of j to s THEN increments value of j.
s[++j]; //increments value of j THEN returns value of j to s.
+ // same with j-- and --j
// Bitwise operators!
~0x0F; // => 0xF0 (bitwise negation, "1's complement")
@@ -267,12 +260,6 @@ int main() {
printf("I print\n");
}
- // Notes:
- // Loops MUST always have a body. If no body is needed, do this:
- for (i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
- ; // use semicolon to act as the body (null statement)
- }
-
// While loops exist
int ii = 0;
while (ii < 10) { //ANY value not zero is true.
@@ -297,6 +284,12 @@ int main() {
printf("\n");
+ // *****NOTES*****:
+ // Loops MUST always have a body. If no body is needed, do:
+ for (i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
+ ; // use semicolon to act as the body (null statement)
+ }
+
// branching with multiple choices: switch()
switch (some_integral_expression) {
case 0: // labels need to be integral *constant* epxressions
@@ -449,17 +442,19 @@ int add_two_ints(int x1, int x2)
}
// Must declare a 'function prototype' before main() when creating functions
-// in file.
void getInt(char c); // function prototype
-int main() {
+int main() { // main function
return 0;
}
void getInt(char w) { //parameter name does not need to match function prototype
;
}
-//if function takes no parameters, do: int getInt(void); for function prototype
-// and for the function declaration: int getInt(void) {}
-// this is to keep compatibility with older versions of C.
+
+//if function takes no parameters, do:
+int getInt(void); for function prototype
+// and for the function declaration:
+int getInt(void) {}
+// (this is to keep compatibility with older versions of C).
/*
Functions are call by value. So when a function is called, the arguments passed
@@ -485,11 +480,13 @@ void str_reverse(char *str_in)
}
}
+/////////////////////////////////////
// Built in functions:
+/////////////////////////////////////
// from stdio.h:
-int c = getchar(); //reads character from input. If input = hi, only h is read.
-// getchar() can be stored into int or char. I am using int because
-// char is not large enough to store EOF used below.
+// getchar()
+int c = getchar(); //reads character from input.
+// If input = hi, 'h' is returned then next call, 'i' returned.
while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) { // EOF constant "end of file".
// Linux: CTRL+D, Windows: CTRL+X
// must have () around getchar() as != is run before =.