This book introduces beginning programming concepts using the C language. Each chapter introduces a problem to solve, and then covers the C language constructs necessary to solve the problem.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 First C Program Problem: The Squares of the Numbers from 4 to 9 Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.1 A Pseudocode Solution to Problem 1 1.2 Basic Concepts of a C Program 1.3 Declaration, Assignment, and Print Statements 1.4 The for Loop 1.5 A Better Version of Program 1 1.6 Enrichment: Running a C Program, Software Development Cycle 1.7 More Details: Arithmetic Operations, Identifiers, for Loops Summary Exercises Chapter 2 Evaluating an Expression Problem: The Registrar's Headache Introduction and Statement of the Problem 2.1 Pseudocode for Problem 2 2.2 Writing Program 2; The if Statement 2.3 Enrichment: Creating Readable Output 2.4 Relational Operators, Compound Assignment Operators 2.5 Enrichment: Types float, double, and char; Standard Library of Functions 2.6 Enrichment: Debugging Summary Exercises Chapter 3 Reading a Set of Data Problem: A Simple Payroll Program Introduction and Statement of the Problem 3.1 Pseudocode for Problem 3 3.2 The while Loop 3.3 Reading Data--scanf 3.4 Writing Program 3 3.5 Enrichment: Improving the Input/Output--Prompts and Printing 3.6 The if-else Statement and the Conditional Operator Summary Exercises Chapter 4 Summation, Stepwise Refinement, and Nested Loops Problem: The Sultan's Gift: The Sum of the Squares of the Numbers from 1 to 30 Introduction and Statement of the Problem 4.1 Pseudocode for Problem 4 4.2 Program 4 (First Version) 4.3 Enrichment: Other Versions of Program 4--Defining a Constant and Reading Data 4.4 Enrichment: Using a Nested Loop 4.5 Enrichment: Recommendations on Style; Structured Programming Summary Exercises Chapter 5 Functions Problem: Sum of Squares (Revisited) Introduction and Statement of the Problem 5.1 Function Subprograms 5.2 Programmer-Defined Functions 5.3 Program 5; Location of Functions 5.4 Void and Parameterless Functions 5.5 Enrichment: Input-Output-Process (I-P-O) Comments 5.6 Enrichment: Using Functions to Produce a Multiplication Table 5.7 Enrichment: Calls to printf and scanf--Side Effects Versus Return Values 5.8 Enrichment: A First Look at Parameters Which are Pointers Summary Exercises Chapter 6 More on Control Structures Problem: Classifying Months and Days Introduction and Statement of the Problem 6.1 Pseudocode for Problem 6 6.2 The Main Program; Using a do-while Loop and the User-Response Method 6.3 The Function classify 6.4 The Remaining Functions 6.5 Entire Program 6 6.6 More on do-while Loops, Nested-if Statement 6.7 Additional Control Structures: switch, break, and continue Statements; exit Function 6.8 Logical and Relational Operators, Short-Circuit Evaluation Summary Exercises Chapter 7 Arrays Problem: Averaging Sets of Numbers Introduction and Statement of the Problem 7.1 Header (or Parameter) Values; Pseudocode for Problem 7 7.2 Program 7, Part 1 7.3 Arrays 7.4 Using an Array--Program 7, Part 1 7.5 Using Arrays with Functions--Program 7, Part 1 7.6 The Rest of Program 7 7.7 Enrichment: Analysis of Program 7: Testing and Modularity 7.8 Enrichment: Two-dimensional Arrays 7.9 Enrichment: Detecting the End of a Set of Data: EOF Method; Return Value from scanf Summary Exercises Chapter 8 Pointers Problem: Averaging Sets of Numbers, Revisited Introduction 8.1 Pointers 8.2 Using Parameters Which Are Pointers (A Second Look) 8.3 Pointers and Arrays 8.4 Modifying Some Functions from Program 7 8.5 Program 8: Using Pointer Notation for the Arrays in Program 7 Summary Exercises Chapter 9 Character Strings Problem: Preparing a Direct Mail Advertisement Introduction and Statement of the Problem 9.1 Declaring, Initializing, Printing, and Reading Strings 9.2 String Manipulation Functions from the Standard Library 9.3 String Input/Output Functions: gets, puts 9.4 Writing Some Useful String Functions of Our Own 9.5 Program 9 9.6 Enrichment: Using Data Type char: getchar, putchar; Functions from ctype.h 9.7 Enrichment: Arrays of Strings Summary Exercises Chapter 10 Sorting and Searching Problem: Mix and Match Introduction and Statement of the Problem 10.1 Sorting using a Linear or Selection Sort 10.2 Function for the Linear Sort 10.3 Enrichment: Using a Bubble Sort 10.4 Search Techniques: Linear Search 10.5 A Function to Locate a Series of Values 10.6 Pseudocode for Problem 10: Bottom-Up Approach 10.7 Program 10 10.8 Enrichment: Other Points on Sorting 10.9 Enrichment: Binary Search Summary Exercises Chapter 11 Structures Problem: Database of TV Quiz Show Contestants Introduction and Statement of the Problem 11.1 Pseudocode for Program 11 11.2 A New Way to Store Information: The struct Data Type 11.3 Program 11 11.4 Enrichment: Using typedef 11.5 Enrichment: Unions Summary Exercises Chapter 12 Recursion, Global Variables, Dynamic Storage Allocation, and Side Effects–A Potpourri Introduction 12.1 Recursive Functions 12.2 Global (External) Variables 12.3 Dynamic Storage Allocation 12.4 Side Effects of Expression Evaluation Summary Exercises Appendices I. ANSI C Keywords II: ASCII Codes III: C Operator Precedence Table IV: Selected Standard Library Functions V: Standard I/O Streams, Redirection, and Piping; Executing from the DOS Command Line VI: Using Files: fopen, fclose, fprintf, fscanf; Command-Line Parameters; atoi VII: File I/O Functions for Strings and Characters–fgets, fputs, fgetc, fputc Answers to the Self-Checks Index