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

Looping with Testing Variables: September 19, 2020 The issue is how to best initialize a variable used in a loop at its terminating condition.
The Most Curious Aspect of the scanf() Function: September 12, 2020 The format string for printf() and scanf() isn't exactly identical, specifically with regards to two unusual placeholders.
Fully Abusing the scanf() Function: September 5, 2020 While it can frustrate many programmers, you can have some fun with the scanf() function's versatility.
Unraveling the scanf() Function: August 29, 2020 One of the most despised functions in C, scanf() is both useful and mysterious.
Initializing an Array: August 22, 2020 It's a basic operation because, unless you don't initialize the array, it contains garbage.

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

This Month's Exercise

Spelling Numbers: September 1, 2020 Any program can output digits, but how about a program that outputs the names of the numbers?

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