Modern C Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs, and Library

Description

Discover how C's efficiency makes it a popular choice in a wide variety of applications and operating systems with special applicability to wearables, game programming, system level programming, embedded device/firmware programming and in Arduino and related electronics hobbies in this condensed code and syntax guide. This book presents the essential C syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a quick and handy reference. In this book, you will find short, simple, and focused code examples; and a well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories. What you will find is a language reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any C programmer. What You Will Learn • Code for some of today's modern and popular firmware and systems • How to do embedded programming found in Arduino and related hardware boards • Program microcontrollers for robots and boards • Handle low-level programming and memory management • Leverage operating systems such as Linux and Unix Who This Book Is For Those with experience in programming, particularly C programming, looking for a quick, handy reference. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Hello World (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 1-3 Compile and Run (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 5-7 Variables (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 9-19 Operators (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 21-25 Pointers (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 27-29 Arrays (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 31-33 Strings (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 35-38 Conditionals (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 39-41 Loops (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 43-45 Functions (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 47-55 Typedefs (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 57-57 Enums (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 59-61 Structs (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 63-67 Unions (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 69-70 Type Conversions (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 71-72 Storage Classes (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 73-77 Constants (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 79-81 Preprocessor (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 83-89 Memory Management (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 91-97 Input Handling (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 99-104 Headers (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 105-108 Strings and Numbers (Mikael Olsson)....Pages 109-112 Back Matter ....Pages 113-116