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

What Size Integer?: July 4, 2020 Is an int the same as a short or a long? The number of bits in an integer isn't really defined.
I/O in [Almost] Any Base: June 27, 2020 Given the routines provided for ternary I/O, you can easily write functions that input and output values in any base.
Eating Ternary Input: June 20, 2020 Compared with my toil over the ternary output function from last week's Lesson, converting ternary input was a snap.
The ternary_out() Function: June 13, 2020 Getting this function correct required brain power, sweat, and some help from Excel.
Dreaming of the ternary_out() Function: June 6, 2020 To output a value in ternary (base 3), you must convert the value from an integer into a string of 0, 1, and 2 characters expressing the proper value.

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This Month's Exercise

Nested Processing: July 1, 2020 Time to back off a tad for this month's Exercise and try something more basic.

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