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This page supports the C programming books written by Dan Gookin and published by John Wiley.

Recent Lessons

To Read a Chunk a Data: June 15, 2019 The fread() function can confuse you when you get the arguments wrong.
Old Habits Die Hard: June 8, 2019 Not all programming puzzles must be solved the same way.
Slicing Words from a String: June 1, 2019 A bit of finesse is required to pluck a word from a string when the word is followed by multiple separators.
Falling Through a Switch-Case Structure: May 25, 2019 You can take advantage of the fall-through in a switch-case structure, which almost seems like a feature.
Switch-Case Execution: May 18, 2019 The switch case structure is complex and powerful, but not without its quirks.

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This Month's Exercise

Parse and Count Words in a String: June 1, 2019 Display words in a string one at a time, followed by the number characters in the word.

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