The Unofficial C For Dummies Website

This page supports the C programming books written by Dan Gookin and published by John Wiley, as well as the C language training courses offered online at LinkedIn Learning.

Recent Lessons

Converting Month Strings to Integers: August 13, 2022 When given a string such as "August," how can you easily convert it into a value, such as 8?
Going Mad for Mod: August 6, 2022 I've been using the % operator for years, but I still need to remind myself of the proper order.
Forcing a Decision: July 30, 2022 My solution to a common programming query.
Returning a Non-Static String: July 23, 2022 To return a string from a function as a char array, it must be static — not so for a pointer.
Having Fun with the getline() Function: July 16, 2022 To enjoy the getline() function you must understand its internal workings.

Lessons are posted each Saturday; see the blog for all the Lessons

This Month's Exercise

From 'A' and 'a' to 'Z' and 'z': August 1, 2022 This exercise may be too easy for some, but only when you don't explore the many possible solutions.

Exercises are posted on the first of the month; see the blog for all the Exercises

Showcase Title

I'm pleased to announce the early preview of my next programming title, Tiny C Projects from Manning Publishing.

MEAP is the Manning Early Access Program, which allows you to review already-submitted content before the book is published. Four of 21 planned Chapters are available online; I'm submitting new chapters as I write them. So please check it out. Here is the link: http://mng.bz/yJVG

Proceeds from sale of this book (compensated link) go toward supporting this website. Thank you!

Current Titles

For support on my older C titles: Beginning C Programming, C All-In-One reference and C For Dummies.

Online Training

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