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Problem Solving and Program Design in C
ISBN: 9780321198037 | 0321198034
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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Problem Solving and Program Design in C- , provides beginning programmers with a disciplined approach to solving problems using the C programming language. It provides a broad selection of case studies and exercises that are appealing to students in many disciplines. Throughout the last three editions, students using this best-selling book have developed a strong understanding of program design and C. Students focus on basic issues of software engineering and good programming style from the first chapters on control structures and modularizatio... MORE
| Overview of Computers and Programming | |
| Electronic Computers Then and Now | |
| Computer Hardware | |
| Computer Software | |
| The Software Development Method | |
| Applying the Software Development Method | |
| Case Study: Converting Miles to Kilometers | |
| Overview of C | |
| C Language Elements | |
| Variable Declarations and Data Types | ... MORE |
| Executable Statements | |
| General Form of a C Program | |
| Arithmetic Expressions | |
| Case Study: Evaluating a Collection of Coins | |
| Formatting Numbers in Program Output | |
| Interactive Mode, Batch Mode, and Data Files | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Top-Down Design with Functions | |
| Building Programs from Existing Information | |
| Case Study: Finding the Area and Circumference of a Circle | |
| Case Study: Computing the Weight of a Batch of Flat Washers | |
| Library Functions | |
| Top-Down Design and Structure Charts | |
| Case Study: Drawing Simple Diagrams | |
| Functions without Arguments | |
| Functions with Input Arguments | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Selection Structures: If and Switch Statements | |
| Control Structures | |
| Conditions | |
| The if Statement | |
| If Statements with Compound Statements | |
| Decision Steps in Algorithms | |
| Case Study: Water Bill Problem | |
| More Problem Solving | |
| Case Study: Water Bill with Conservation Requirements | |
| Nested if Statements and Multiple-Alternative Decisions | |
| The switch Statement | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Repetition and Loop Statements | |
| Repetition in Programs | |
| Counting Loops and the while Statement | |
| Computing a Sum or Product in a Loop | |
| Conditional Loops | |
| Loop Design | |
| Nested Loops | |
| The do-while Statement and Flag-Controlled Loops | |
| Problem Solving Illustrated | |
| Case Study: Collecting Area for Solar-Heated House | |
| How to Debug and Test Programs | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Modular Programming | |
| Functions with Simple Output Parameters | |
| Multiple Calls to a Function with Input/Output Parameters | |
| Scope of Names | |
| Formal Output Parameters as Actual Arguments | |
| A Program with Multiple Functions | |
| Case Study: Arithmetic with Common Fractions | |
| Debugging and Testing a Program System | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Simple Data Types | |
| Representation and Conversion of Numeric Types | |
| Representation and Conversion of type char | |
| Enumerated Types | |
| Iterative Approximations | |
| Case Study: Bisection Method for Finding Roots | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Arrays | |
| Declaring and Referencing Arrays | |
| Array Subscripts | |
| Using for Loops for Sequential Access | |
| Using Array Elements as Function Arguments | |
| Array Arguments | |
| Searching and Sorting an Array | |
| Multidimensional Arrays | |
| Array Processing Illustrated | |
| Case Study: Analysis of Sales Data | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Strings | |
| String Basics | |
| String Library Functions: Assignment and Substrings | |
| Longer Strings: Concatenation and Whole-Line Input | |
| String Comparison | |
| Arrays of Pointers | |
| Character Operations | |
| String-to-Number and Number-to-String Conversions | |
| String Processing Illustrated | |
| Case Study: Text Editor | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Recursion | |
| The Nature of Recursion | |
| Tracing a Recursive Function | |
| Recursive Mathematical Functions | |
| Recursive Functions with Array and String Parameters | |
| Case Study: Finding Capital Letters in a String | |
| Case Study: Recursive Selection Sort | |
| Problem Solving with Recursion | |
| Case Study: Operations on Sets | |
| A Classic Case Study in Recursion: Towers of Hanoi | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Structure and Union Types | |
| User-Defined Structure Types | |
| Structure Type Data as Input and Output Parameters | |
| Functions Whose Result Values are Structures | |
| Problem Solving with Structure Types | |
| Case Study: A User-Defined Type for Complex Numbers | |
| Parallel Arrays and Arrays of Structures | |
| Case Study: Universal Measurement Conversion | |
| Union Types (Optional) | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Text and Binary File Processing | |
| Input/Output Files: Review and Further Study | |
| Binary Files | |
| Searching a Database | |
| Case Study: Database Inquiry | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Programming in the Large | |
| Using Abstraction to Manage Complexity | |
| Personal Libraries: Header Files | |
| Personal Libraries: Implementation Files | |
| Storage Classes | |
| Modifying Functions for Inclusion in a Library | |
| Conditional Compilation | |
| Arguments to Function main | |
| Defining Macros with Parameters | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| Dynamic Data Structures | |
| Pointers | |
| Dynamic Memory Allocation | |
| Linked Lists | |
| Linked List Operators | |
| Representing a Stack with a Linked List | |
| Representing a Queue with a Linked List | |
| Ordered Lists | |
| Case Study: Maintaining an Ordered List of Integers | |
| Binary Trees | |
| Common Programming Errors | |
| On to C++ | |
| C++ Control Structures, Input/Output, and Functions | |
| C++ Support for Object-Oriented Programming | |
| Appendixes | |
| Character Sets | |
| ANSI C Standard Libraries | |
| Operators | |
| Pointer Arithmetic | |
| ANSI C Reserved Words | |
| Answers | |
| Index | |
| Glossary | |
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