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authorAkshita Dixit <436_bt19@iiitkalyani.ac.in>2022-11-27 14:36:29 +0530
committerAkshita Dixit <436_bt19@iiitkalyani.ac.in>2022-11-27 14:36:29 +0530
commit66acfb83d14fae742ba8b743adf5d4ea4e65e0c6 (patch)
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parent00b99ceca054f1df1095351ec451ff3787e0efce (diff)
parent7a505c1d0c3de87d1b3113f815b61790ec4d9ab4 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs into docker-docs
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+++ b/c.html.markdown
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
language: C
filename: learnc.c
contributors:
- - ["Adam Bard", "http://adambard.com/"]
- - ["Árpád Goretity", "http://twitter.com/H2CO3_iOS"]
- - ["Jakub Trzebiatowski", "http://cbs.stgn.pl"]
- - ["Marco Scannadinari", "https://marcoms.github.io"]
- - ["Zachary Ferguson", "https://github.io/zfergus2"]
- - ["himanshu", "https://github.com/himanshu81494"]
- - ["Joshua Li", "https://github.com/JoshuaRLi"]
- - ["Dragos B. Chirila", "https://github.com/dchirila"]
- - ["Heitor P. de Bittencourt", "https://github.com/heitorPB/"]
+ - ["Adam Bard", "http://adambard.com/"]
+ - ["Árpád Goretity", "http://twitter.com/H2CO3_iOS"]
+ - ["Jakub Trzebiatowski", "http://cbs.stgn.pl"]
+ - ["Marco Scannadinari", "https://marcoms.github.io"]
+ - ["Zachary Ferguson", "https://github.io/zfergus2"]
+ - ["himanshu", "https://github.com/himanshu81494"]
+ - ["Joshua Li", "https://github.com/JoshuaRLi"]
+ - ["Dragos B. Chirila", "https://github.com/dchirila"]
+ - ["Heitor P. de Bittencourt", "https://github.com/heitorPB/"]
---
Ah, C. Still **the** language of modern high-performance computing.
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
// %d is an integer, \n is a newline
printf("%d\n", 0); // => Prints 0
+ // take input using scanf
+ // '&' is used to define the location
+ // where we want to store the input value
+ int input;
+ scanf("%d", &input);
+
///////////////////////////////////////
// Types
///////////////////////////////////////
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
// shorts are usually 2 bytes (use the `sizeof` operator to check)
short x_short = 0;
- // chars are defined as the smallest addressable unit for a processor.
+ // chars are defined as the smallest addressable unit for a processor.
// This is usually 1 byte, but for some systems it can be more (ex. for TMS320 from TI it's 2 bytes).
char x_char = 0;
char y_char = 'y'; // Char literals are quoted with ''
@@ -167,19 +173,19 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
// where the "{0}" part is called an "array initializer".
// All elements (if any) past the ones in the initializer are initialized to 0:
int my_array[5] = {1, 2};
- // So my_array now has five elements, all but the first two of which are 0:
+ // So my_array now has five elements, all but the first two of which are 0:
// [1, 2, 0, 0, 0]
- // NOTE that you get away without explicitly declaring the size
+ // NOTE that you get away without explicitly declaring the size
// of the array IF you initialize the array on the same line:
int my_array[] = {0};
- // NOTE that, when not declaring the size, the size of the array is the number
+ // NOTE that, when not declaring the size, the size of the array is the number
// of elements in the initializer. With "{0}", my_array is now of size one: [0]
// To evaluate the size of the array at run-time, divide its byte size by the
// byte size of its element type:
size_t my_array_size = sizeof(my_array) / sizeof(my_array[0]);
- // WARNING You should evaluate the size *before* you begin passing the array
- // to functions (see later discussion) because arrays get "downgraded" to
- // raw pointers when they are passed to functions (so the statement above
+ // WARNING You should evaluate the size *before* you begin passing the array
+ // to functions (see later discussion) because arrays get "downgraded" to
+ // raw pointers when they are passed to functions (so the statement above
// will produce the wrong result inside the function).
// Indexing an array is like other languages -- or,
@@ -247,11 +253,11 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
(float)i1 / i2; // => 0.5f
i1 / (double)i2; // => 0.5 // Same with double
f1 / f2; // => 0.5, plus or minus epsilon
-
+
// Floating-point numbers are defined by IEEE 754, thus cannot store perfectly
- // exact values. For instance, the following does not produce expected results
- // because 0.1 might actually be 0.099999999999 insided the computer, and 0.3
- // might be stored as 0.300000000001.
+ // exact values. For instance, the following does not produce expected results
+ // because 0.1 might actually be 0.099999999999 insided the computer, and 0.3
+ // might be stored as 0.300000000001.
(0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1) != 0.3; // => 1 (true)
// and it is NOT associative due to reasons mentioned above.
1 + (1e123 - 1e123) != (1 + 1e123) - 1e123; // => 1 (true)
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
// eventually calls C which uses IEEE 754. It is mentioned this way not to
// indicate that this is a poor implementation, but instead as a warning
// that when doing floating point comparisons, a little bit of error (epsilon)
- // needs to be considered.
+ // needs to be considered.
// Modulo is there as well, but be careful if arguments are negative
11 % 3; // => 2 as 11 = 2 + 3*x (x=3)
@@ -411,7 +417,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
*/
/*
it is generally considered bad practice to do so, except if
- you really know what you are doing. See
+ you really know what you are doing. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_code#Meaning
*/
@@ -424,7 +430,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
int x_hex = 0x01; // You can assign vars with hex literals
// binary is not in the standard, but allowed by some
- // compilers (x_bin = 0b0010010110)
+ // compilers (x_bin = 0b0010010110)
// Casting between types will attempt to preserve their numeric values
printf("%d\n", x_hex); // => Prints 1
@@ -626,7 +632,7 @@ printf("first: %d\nsecond: %d\n", first, second);
// values will be swapped
*/
-// Return multiple values.
+// Return multiple values.
// C does not allow for returning multiple values with the return statement. If
// you would like to return multiple values, then the caller must pass in the
// variables where they would like the returned values to go. These variables must
@@ -637,9 +643,9 @@ int return_multiple( int *array_of_3, int *ret1, int *ret2, int *ret3)
return 0; //return error code (false)
//de-reference the pointer so we modify its value
- *ret1 = array_of_3[0];
- *ret2 = array_of_3[1];
- *ret3 = array_of_3[2];
+ *ret1 = array_of_3[0];
+ *ret2 = array_of_3[1];
+ *ret3 = array_of_3[2];
return 1; //return error code (true)
}
@@ -901,10 +907,11 @@ Node createLinkedList(int *vals, int len);
#endif /* End of the if precompiler directive. */
```
+
## Further Reading
Best to find yourself a copy of [K&R, aka "The C Programming Language"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language)
-It is *the* book about C, written by Dennis Ritchie, the creator of C, and Brian Kernighan. Be careful, though - it's ancient and it contains some
+It is _the_ book about C, written by Dennis Ritchie, the creator of C, and Brian Kernighan. Be careful, though - it's ancient and it contains some
inaccuracies (well, ideas that are not considered good anymore) or now-changed practices.
Another good resource is [Learn C The Hard Way](http://learncodethehardway.org/c/) (not free).