C tutorial?

NotAGolf · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:06

Could anyone point me in the direction of a good C tutorial? I'm doing a module in C programming at uni but i'm struggling as I only have 1 book which is fairly useless. It's not very advanced stuff, i'm really only looking at structs, arrays, linked lists, file processing, etc.

Nothing too in depth, I suppose i'm just looking for a good, broad reference guide.....if that exists

. Thanks very much.

Zefan · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:07

Wow, I was just about to make this exact same thread :eek:

I'll be watching

Inquisitor · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:09

I can't speak for C as I've never used it, but in my (admittedly limited) experience books have been far more useful to me than tutorials; they can go deeper and wider than a tutorial can, explaining the details of something while at the same time covering a lot more.

Not that helpful I know, but that's just my two pence.

Chaos · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:34

Could have a look at this tutorial

http://www.coronadoenterprises.com/tutorials/c/index.html

MrWhippy · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:39

mpledge52 said:
Could anyone point me in the direction of a good C tutorial?
...
I suppose i'm just looking for a good, broad reference guide.....if that exists

are you after a tutorial or a reference?
they are seperate things for very different needs.

a tutorial should cover the basics of C and maybe even programming but wont be much use once you've mastered the basics.
a reference will be usefull for ever after but may be tough to get going with.

can't recommend a tutorial for C but get down to the library for a copy of this book. it is the bible

Una · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:43

Yeah I agree The C Programming Language by K&R is by far the best C book I have read.

Chrisss · 24 Jan 2007 at 20:57

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/c/lesson1.html

NotAGolf · 24 Jan 2007 at 21:15

MrWhippy said:
are you after a tutorial or a reference?

Definately more of a reference, sorry should have really said this in the first place. In fact what I really need is example code.

The problem I have is that I always understand the problem, and I usually have a pretty good idea how to solve it, what data structures etc to use, but I just dont know how to code the solution. Using examples from my book only gets me so far.

And i'm afraid being a student I cant really afford to buy any books. I spend all my money on food, alcohol and new psu's

. Ta

Chaos · 25 Jan 2007 at 00:41

Programmers Heaven usually has lots of example code on it -

http://www.programmersheaven.com/

happytechie · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:12

there are plenty of articles on Dr Dobbs' Journal

http://www.ddj.com/

the wikipeadia article is very comprehensive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_syntax

there is a very handy reference card with stdio and other common libraries on it:
http://refcards.com/refcards/c/c-refcard-a4.pdf

And if you get a copy of K&R (which you should it's very readable) make sure that you get the latest edition (2nd).

Paul