The Unofficial C For Dummies Website

This page supports the C programming books written by Dan Gookin, as well as the C language training courses offered online at LinkedIn Learning. All coders are welcome.

Recent Lessons

Counting Terminal Rows and Columns: February 4, 2023 Now that terminal screens are virtual, knowing its number of rows and columns isn't a predictable thing.
Checking the CPU Clock: January 28, 2023 An extremely low-level function is clock(), which has nothing to do with human time.
Not Every Compiler Likes Your Code: January 21, 2023 Imagine my horror at discovering that the clang compiler lets me do something that the gcc compiler finds offensive.
The volatile Keyword: January 14, 2023 No, it doesn't mean that the data will explode at any given moment.
Type Qualifiers: const and restrict: January 7, 2023 Time to plunge the depths of some seldom-used and obscure C language keywords.

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

This Month's Exercise

A Compact for Loop: February 1, 2023 Loading up at the for statement salad bar.

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

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C language titles written by Dan Gookin.