C Brain Teasers

Exercise Your Mind

by: Dan Gookin

Published 2024-03-25
Internal code cbrain
Print status In Print
Pages 118
User level Intermediate
Keywords C language,quiz,brain teaser,self test
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This book complements the existing series of Pragmatic Brain Teasers book.

ISBN 9798888650486
Other ISBN Channel epub: 9798888650936
Channel PDF: 9798888650943
Safari: 9798888650929
BISACs COM051060
COM051000
COM051000
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You thought you knew C, but can you solve 25 puzzles in this popular programming language? Noted C programmer and author Dan Gookin provides a series of pointed questions, puzzles, and problems to keep your C programming skills sharp. Each one will provide insight into various aspects of handling strings, numeric operations, and other activities, giving you techniques to take the best advantage of all C has to offer. Challenge yourself, and get to know some powerful tricks and details for writing better, faster, more accurate C code.

Description

Most C programming books present the information sequentially, teaching you the right way to code and only rarely describing what could go wrong. In this book, the goal is to find out what did go wrong—or what potentially goes right. Explore interesting and unusual programming concepts and approaches with small, to-the-point, programs and exercises. Hone your C programming skills and expand your knowledge.

By working through the brain teasers in this book, you’ll fill in gaps in your knowledge and work with advanced concepts such as pointers and recursion. All of the teaser topics were selected to give you food for thought, explaining the technical details behind each puzzle. Look at a code sample and try to guess what output it will give. Code it yourself and see the result. Is it what you expected? Then read the author’s lighthearted explanation of exactly why the language does what it does and how you can take advantage of it. You’ll come away with a much better understanding of how the language works, and how to use it for efficient and effective programming.

Contents and Extracts

Preface