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authorLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@banno.com>2013-11-25 09:21:40 -0600
committerLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@banno.com>2013-11-25 09:21:40 -0600
commitdf3cc00f5233dac96c0e063d87d3552f493e25f6 (patch)
tree8fd366e3de0675205e3c840a13d8ec07ea412f43 /c.html.markdown
parent67a5236629b6c7748b609f23c0362925b5c4774d (diff)
Remove bad examples, reword places.
Diffstat (limited to 'c.html.markdown')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/c.html.markdown b/c.html.markdown
index f4edfca5..4187d757 100644
--- a/c.html.markdown
+++ b/c.html.markdown
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ memory management and C will take you as far as you need to go.
Multi-line comments look like this. They work in C89 as well.
*/
-// Constants: #define <keyword> (no semicolon at end)
+// Constants: #define <keyword>
#define DAYS_IN_YEAR 365
//enumeration constants are also ways to declare constants.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ enum days {SUN = 1, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT};
// Declare function signatures in advance in a .h file, or at the top of
// your .c file.
-void function_1(char s[]);
+void function_1(char c);
int function_2(void);
// Must declare a 'function prototype' before main() when functions occur after
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ int main() {
unsigned long long ux_long_long;
// 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.
+ '0' // => 48 in the ASCII character set.
+ 'A' // => 65 in the ASCII character set.
// sizeof(T) gives you the size of a variable with type T in bytes
// sizeof(obj) yields the size of the expression (variable, literal, etc.).
@@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ int main() {
{6, 7, 8, 9, 0}
}
//access elements:
- int array_int = multi_array[0][2]; //=> 3
+ int array_int = multi_array[0][2]; // => 3
///////////////////////////////////////
// Operators
///////////////////////////////////////
- int i1 = 1, i2 = 2; // Shorthand for multiple declaration
+ // Shorthands for multiple declarations:
+ int i1 = 1, i2 = 2;
float f1 = 1.0, f2 = 2.0;
- //more shorthands:
int a, b, c;
a = b = c = 0;
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ int main() {
//Increment and decrement operators:
char *s = "iLoveC"
int j = 0;
- s[j++]; // => "i" Returns value of j to s THEN increments value of j.
+ s[j++]; // => "i". Returns the j-th item of s THEN increments value of j.
j = 0;
- s[++j]; // => "L" Increments value of j THEN returns value of j to s.
+ s[++j]; // => "L". Increments value of j THEN returns j-th value of s.
// same with j-- and --j
// Bitwise operators!
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int main() {
printf("\n");
// *****NOTES*****:
- // Loops MUST always have a body. If no body is needed, do:
+ // Loops and Functions MUST have a body. If no body is needed:
int i;
for (i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
; // use semicolon to act as the body (null statement)
@@ -429,12 +429,12 @@ int add_two_ints(int x1, int x2)
}
/*
-Functions are call by value. So when a function is called, the arguments passed
-to the function are copies of original arguments (except arrays). Anything you
-do to your arguments do not change the value of the actual argument where the
-function was called.
+Functions are call by value. When a function is called, the arguments passed to
+the function are copies of the original arguments (except arrays). Anything you
+do to the arguments in the function do not change the value of the original
+argument where the function was called.
-You can use pointers if you need to edit the original argument values.
+Use pointers if you need to edit the original argument values.
Example: in-place string reversal
*/
@@ -452,19 +452,6 @@ void str_reverse(char *str_in)
}
}
-/////////////////////////////////////
-// Built in functions:
-/////////////////////////////////////
-// from: #include <stdio.h>
-// ** 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 =.
- putchar(c); //prints character (without newline at end)
-}
-
//if referring to external variables outside function, must use extern keyword.
int i = 0;
void testFunc() {