C: A Reference Manual, 4th Edition

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• reveals the weaknesses in the standard C language for creating an international standard.

• explains the major additions to C created by ISO C Amendment 1 (1994) for writing portable, international programs.

• details three new standard header files: iso646.h, wctype.h, and wchar.h.

• explains several new tokens and macros used as replacements for operators and punctuation characters that are not found in some countries character sets.

• describes some new formatting codes for the printf/scanf family of functions.

• addresses a large number of new functions, plus some types and constants for multibyte and wide characters.

• shows how to write Clean C programs that are maximally portable and reusable in C and C++ environments.

• includes chapter-end exercises throughout the text, with detailed answers in an Appendix section.

• offers an Appendix of the ASCII character set.

• includes an Appendix of the syntax of the C language.

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This fourth edition of the bestselling C reference covers two important developments: the ISO C Amendment 1 (1994), which specifies new facilities for writing portable, international programs in C; and a discussion of how to write C programs that are compatible with C++. KEY TOPICS: Discusses the ongoing, international standardization of C++. Explores the importance of Clean C C code in the common subset of the ISO C and C++ languages. Demonstrates other ways to program in a style that is more compatible with C++. MARKET: For programmers interested in programming in C++ and the future of C.

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Table of Contents

 1. The C Language.


 2. Lexical Elements.


 3. The C Preprocessor.


 4. Declarations.


 5. Types.


 6. Conversions and Representations.


 7. Expressions.


 8. Statements.


 9. Functions.


10. Introduction to C Run-Time Libraries.


11. Standard Language Additions.


12. Character Processing.


13. String Processing.


14. Memory Functions.


15. Input/Output Facilities.


16. Storage Allocation


17. Mathematical Functions.


18. Time and Date Functions.


19. Control Functions.


20. Miscellaneous Functions.

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