Essentials of C Programming with Microsoft® Visual Studio®

Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: Installation of Microsoft® Visual Studio®
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Installation of Visual Studio
	1.3 Entering the C Code to Visual Studio
	1.4 Running the C Code with Visual Studio
	1.5 Errors in the Code
	1.6 Color of Keywords in Visual Studio
	1.7 Comments
	1.8 C Is a Case Sensitive Language
	Further Reading
Chapter 2: Basics of C Programming
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Primary Data Types in C
	2.3 Creating Variables
	2.4 C Programming Naming Conventions
	2.5 Printing on the Screen
	2.6 Overflow of Variables
	2.7 size_t Data Type
	2.8 Minimum and Maximum of Primary Data Types
	2.9 Taking a Value From the User
	2.10 Blocks
	2.11 Global Variables
	2.12 Constants
	2.13 Enumeration
	2.14 typedef Keyword
	Further Readings
Chapter 3: Conditional Statements
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 if Command
	3.3 if-else Command
	3.4 Conditional Ternary Operator
	3.5 Logical Operators
	3.6 Nested if Statements
	3.7 switch-case Statement
	Further Reading
Chapter 4: Loops
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 for Loop
	4.3 break Command
	4.4 continue Command
	4.5 while Loop
	4.6 Infinite Loop
	4.7 do-while Loop
	Further Reading
Chapter 5: Arrays
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Defining an Array
	5.3 Arrays and Pointers
	5.4 Length of an Array
	5.5 Removing an Element from the Array
	5.6 2D Arrays
	5.7 Size of 2D Arrays
	5.8 malloc Function
	5.9 calloc Function
	Further Reading
Chapter 6: Functions
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Definition of a Function
	6.3 Pass by Value
	6.4 List of Functions
	6.5 void Functions
	6.6 Scope and Lifetime of Variables
	6.7 Function to Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius
	6.8 Combinations (nCr) Calculator
	6.9 Password Checker
	6.10 Heads and Tails
	6.11 Cost of a Hotel
	6.12 Fibonacci Sequence (Iterative Approach)
	6.13 Fibonacci Sequence (Recursive Approach)
	6.14 Recursive Factorial
	6.15 Recursive Product
	6.16 Recursive Max and Min
	6.17 Static Variables
	6.18 Pass by Reference
	6.19 Passing an Array to a Functions
	6.20 Functions with Variable Number of Arguments
	6.21 Entering the Functions to Separate Files
	6.22 extern Keyword
	Further Reading
Chapter 7: Some Useful Functions
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Running an .exe File
	7.3 Playing a .wav File
	7.4 main Arguments
	7.5 exit Function
	7.6 atexit Function
	7.7 Reading the Mouse Pointer Position
	7.8 Timer
	7.9 Shutting Down the Computer
	Further Reading
Chapter 8: Pointers
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Address-of (&) Operator
	8.3 Pointers
	8.4 Dereferencing (*) Operator
	8.5 Pointer Arithmetic
	8.6 Call by Reference
	8.7 malloc Function
	8.8 NULL Pointer
	8.9 void Pointer
	Further Reading
Chapter 9: Structures and Unions
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Defining a Structure
	9.3 typedef Keyword
	9.4 Copying the Content of a Structure Variable Into Another Structure Variable
	9.5 Functions with Structure Arguments
	9.6 Array of Structures
	9.7 Arrow Operator
	9.8 Dereferencing a Pointer to a Structure
	9.9 Unions
	9.10 Pointer to a Union
	Further Reading
Chapter 10: Mathematical Functions
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Precedence of Operators
	10.3 Remainder of Division
	10.4 sizeof Operator
	10.5 Type Casting
	10.6 Mathematical Constants
	10.7 Power Function
	10.8 Square Root Function
	10.9 Cubic Root Function
	10.10 Logarithm Function
	10.11 Trigonometric Functions
	10.12 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
	10.13 Hyperbolic Functions
	10.14 Inverse Hyperbolic Functions
	10.15 Exponential Function
	10.16 Rounding and Truncating Numbers
	10.17 floor and ceil Functions
	10.18 fabs and hypot Functions
	10.19 Generation of Random Numbers
	10.20 Floating Point Numbers
	10.21 Complex Functions
	10.22 Binary and Hexadecimal Numbers
	10.23 Bitwise Operation
	10.24 GNU Scientific Library
	Further Readings
Chapter 11: String Processing
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Defining a String
	11.3 String Inputs
	11.4 strlen Function
	11.5 strcpy Function
	11.6 strncpy Function
	11.7 memset Function
	11.8 memcpy Function
	11.9 memmove Function
	11.10 strcmp Function
	11.11 strncmp Function
	11.12 memcmp Function
	11.13 strcat Function
	11.14 strncat Function
	11.15 strtok Function
	11.16 strcspn Function
	11.17 strspn Function
	11.18 atoi Function
	11.19 atof Function
	11.20 sscanf Function
	11.21 sprintf Function
	11.22 strchr Function
	Further Reading
Chapter 12: Character Processing
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 isalnum Function
	12.3 isalpha Function
	12.4 isdigit Function
	12.5 iscntrl Function
	12.6 ispunct Function
	12.7 isspace Function
	12.8 islower Function
	12.9 isupper Function
	12.10 tolower Function
	12.11 toupper Function
	12.12 getch Function
	Further Reading
Chapter 13: Time and Date
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 Making Delay with Sleep Function
	13.3 Time Measurement
	13.4 time Function
	13.5 Date and Time
	13.6 gmtime Function
	13.7 localtime Function
	13.8 asctime Function
	13.9 strftime Function
	13.10 _strtime and _strdate Functions
	Further Reading
Chapter 14: Sorting and Searching
	14.1 Introduction
	14.2 Bubble Sort
	14.3 Insertion Sort
	14.4 Quick Sort Algorithm
	14.5 Quick Sort for Integer Values
	14.6 Quick Sort for Double Values
	14.7 Quick Sort for Strings
	14.8 Binary Search
	Further Reading
Chapter 15: File Processing
	15.1 Introduction
	15.2 Creating a New File
	15.3 Append Mode
	15.4 ftell Function
	15.5 fprintf Function
	15.6 fseek Function
	15.7 rewind Function
	15.8 Reading a File
	15.9 End Of File (EOF)
	15.10 fgets Function
	15.11 getc Function
	15.12 Writing to a Binary File
	15.13 Reading from Binary Files
	15.14 Error Handling
	Further Readings
Chapter 16: Useful Functions to Work with Files and Directories
	16.1 Introduction
	16.2 Copying .txt Files (I)
	16.3 Copying .txt Files (II)
	16.4 Copying Files with CopyFileA Function (I)
	16.5 Copying Files with CopyFileA Function (II)
	16.6 Rename a File
	16.7 Remove a File
	16.8 Printing the Contents of a Directory
	16.9 Obtaining the Address of Current Working Directory
	16.10 Changing the Current Working Directory
	16.11 Making Directories
	16.12 Removing Directories
	Further Reading
Chapter 17: Serial Communication in C
	17.1 Introduction
	17.2 Reading from the Serial Port
	17.3 Writing to the Serial Port
	Further Readings
Chapter 18: Graphical User Interface
	18.1 Introduction
	18.2 Making a Simple GUI Project
	Further Readings
Index