Here is a quick reference to blog posts I’ve written that appear in a multiple parts. Each link below goes to the first part in the series. Links at the end of each post help you navigate through the topic.
Title/Link | Date | Description |
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Conversion Character Mania | 12 Sept. 2013 | A guide to the various printf() conversion characters and their formats. |
Variable Tab Width | 30 Nov. 2013 | Code to specifically set the number of characters at a tap stop |
Graphing in Text Mode | 28 June 2014 | Create “graphics” using a text mode console |
Recursion | 15 Nov. 2014 | An introduction to the concept of recursive programming |
C Language Neat Tricks | 22 Aug. 2015 | Some unexpected or interesting programming twists |
Messing with File Access | 19 Sept. 2015 | Control how information is read from a file |
Encoding and Decoding | 24 Oct. 2015 | How to code or encrypt and then decode or decrypt data |
Bit Fields | 23 April 2016 | Reading and writing chunks of bits from within a byte |
Fuzzy Matching | 3 Sept. 2016 | Matching data that isn’t exactly identical, but close |
Behold the Stack | 19 Nov. 2016 | Simulated stack programming in C |
Manipulate Pointers in Functions | 14 Jan. 2017 | Pass a pointer’s address to a function |
Wide Characters | 24 Jun. 2017 | Output Unicode text |
Sorted List Presentation | 30 Sep. 2017 | Discover how to display sorted data by columns, and process out constants from the code. |
Safe Coding Practices | 11 Nov. 2017 | Issues to consider when writing code that runs well, anticipates problems, and avoids common exploits used by the bad guys. |