1 Programming in C: an Overview.............................1 1.1 　C Program Development Cycle..................................................2 1.2 　Basic Programming Tools and Concepts....................................4 1.3 　Playing with Basic C Language Primitives and Data Types.......6 1.3.1 　C Program Skeleton or Structure...................................................7 1.3.2 　Create Your First C Program ........................................................9 1.3.3 　Understanding Preprocessor-generated Files...............................14 1.3.4 　Compilation Process and Error Classes.......................................18 1.3.5 　Playing with Semantic and Syntax Errors ..................................22 1.3.6 　Playing with Runtime Errors: the Debugging Process ...............25 1.4 　Playing with Type Definition, Arrays and Structure ................31 1.5 　Playing with C Language Constructs........................................35 1.6 　Playing with C Function and Pointer........................................46 2 Hands-on Functions..............................................542.1 　Algorithm and Programming....................................................55 2.2 　Function Declaration and Definition.........................................62 2.3 　Function Call Types and Their Mechanisms.............................68 2.4 　Function and Programming Modularity....................................72 2.5 　Function Scope and Variable Lifetime......................................81 2.6 　Recursive Function...................................................................96 3 Hands-on-Pointers: The Basics..........................104 3.1 　Pointer and Memory...............................................................105 3.2 　Pointer Expressions and Arithmetic........................................110 3.3 　Pointer and Arrays...................................................................113 3.4 　Pointers and Structures...........................................................125 4 Hands-on-Pointers: Advanced Features............1444.1 　Pointers and Functions...........................................................145 4.2 　Command Line Arguments: Arguments to Main().................153 4.3 　File System Basics and the File Pointer .................................162 4.4 　Dynamic Memory Management in C and Linked List...........170 5 From C to C ......................................................181 5.1 　A Brief Overview of C Main Features...............................182 5.2 　Usage of Some C Key Concepts........................................184 INDEX..........................................................................205