Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days

int num_array[], which indicates that the first argument is a pointer to type int, repre- sented by the parameter num_array. You ...

Understanding Pointers 215 9 22: } 23: array[MAX] = 0; 24: 25: /* Call the function and display the return value. */ 26: printf( ...

This program uses a largest()function that has the same functionality as Listing 9.4. The difference is that only the array tag ...

Understanding Pointers 217 9 Pointers and arrays have a special relationship. An array name without brackets is a pointer to the ...

Quiz .............................................................................................................. What operat ...

TYPE& RUN 3 Pausing for a Second or Two This is the third Type & Run section. Remember, the purpose of the listings in t ...

10: int main( void ) 11: { 12: int ctr; 13: int wait = 13; 14: 15: /* Pause for a number of seconds. Print a * 16: * dot each se ...

Pausing for a Second or Two 221 you can increase the pause time and then use a stop watch to see how accurate the com- puter’s p ...

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DAY 10 WEEK 2 Working with Characters and Strings Acharacteris a single letter, numeral, punctuation mark, or other such symbol. ...

ThecharData Type ............................................................................................ C uses the chardat ...

Working with Characters and Strings 225 10 char a, b, c; /* Declare three uninitialized char variables */ char code = ‘x’; /* De ...

As a character, variable c1 is a As a number, variable c1 is 97 As a character, variable c2 is Z As a number, variable c2 is 90 ...

Working with Characters and Strings 227 10 ASCII code 191 is character ¿ ASCII code 192 is character À ASCII code 193 is charact ...

Arrays of Characters ...................................................................................... To hold a string of ...

Working with Characters and Strings 229 10 Remember that strings require a terminating null character. The C functions that mani ...

methods: One allocates space for a literal string when the program is compiled, and the other uses the malloc()function to alloc ...

Working with Characters and Strings 231 10 Themalloc()Function #include <stdlib.h> void *malloc(size_t size); malloc()allo ...

char *ptr; Next, call malloc()and pass the size of the desired memory block. Because a type charusually occupies one byte, you n ...

Working with Characters and Strings 233 10 LISTING10.3 memalloc.c. Using the malloc()function to allocate storage space for stri ...