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i am learnin' it for 4 yearz ... i get bored so i want 2 learn C....

hey what about question ?

oh man come on... is that English language discussion board ???

ok i will write it like that.....is it ok????? so nobody wants to discuss about the list ???

ill make a comment, on beginning level programs you should
attempt, but im a beginner so thats all i know.

what you should do is read up on some stuff, just one or two
items, like say classes, functions, structs, for loops, while
statments, if statments, and so one, dont overload yourself
with a bunch and start with the easiest, probably, a
if or while statment would be the simplest thing.

one you have read up on a few of thse things, attempt to
write a small program and work on it till you get it right,
then do another program that is similar but different.

dealing with files specially in binary, is prolly very important
i would think, but i guess it depends on what kind of programmer
you are. with that said, a program you might attempt, should
contain one of these possible terms, fstream, ifstream, ofstream,
or FILE*, the first 3 require the <fstream> header file, thats
standard so you most likely have it, and FILE requires <iostream>
header file. google those terms to find explinations on them.

now ideas for programs that follow these guidlines lines,

1 : Open a file and count the vowels and all other characters.
1 : Write to a file, then read it back from the file.
2 : (could be a 1 or 2, depending on the file) attempt to convert
one type of plain text file to another. (Ex. i wanted a list of all
my mp3's but i didnt yet know how to scan multiple directories
and get a listing, so i used a winamp m3u playlist, and i wrote
a program that removes all the junk, and numbers the song list).
1 : Learn to get file names from directories.

Now its important to understand loops, and how to use console
so learn your for and while loops. read up on <iomainip> header
file for manipulation of 'cout', then attempt these.

1 : A Pattern printed to the screen such as
*****
****
***
**
*
And then reverse it.
1 : learn how to color and modify the console text.
1 : attempt to move a string across the screen,
so that string mystring = "^^^^^^^"; moves
from point a to point b with nothing but whitespace
between both sides of the string.

Those are the only items i have off the top of my head,
there all pretty simple things, but if you havent tried any of the
stuff it can cause you many difficulties later if you dont understand
that stuff now.

I suggest you learn English before learning C

LOL. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha......

roflmao.

If you want to take my approch... Once you finish learning the basics of C, come up with a program to write of such unimaginable scope it will take years to finish. Also, make sure to write it using the Windows API, so you can be sure you'll be constanly bombarded with unfamiliar technobable, and programming concepts you can't begin to grasp. When it's done, you're a pro .

Originally Posted by Devil Panther

alright.... you asked for it...


write a Chess game... in my opinion it really proves that you are a PRO!!! and you have no life, since this will take you a while

yeah, chess is easy.

That's true. Actually writing an AI for any strategy game is pretty difficult. If you're up for a real challenge try writing a go AI .