Hi I'm Chris. I'm new to the forums and new to C and to programming in general.
Do online tutorials count? Because I'm using How C Programming Works in conjunction with a regular paperback.
The book I am using is about 20 years old called A Book on C by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl. It seems fairly decent. But I am probably no judge.
This is a great book. Teach yourself C in 21 days
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someone mentioned ivor horton earlier
the guy is a hack
man
i bought his book beginning c, the first programming book i ever bought, horrible, and as many reviews say, its just plain WRONG
the guy clearly has no idea what hes doing
everyone knows k&r2 is great, maybe a bit steep for beginners though
what i started with (along side k&r)
is steve summit's c tutorial:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/cclass.html
god it made it so much easier lol
if youre a beginner and ya dont wanna pay $100 for that textbook by king that everyone recommends
try the steve summit tutorial
By woodhouse publishers. Ok, so it was written in 1994 and is rather dated nowdays but its one of the best C books I ever read. Has tons of example programs and goes from a line of text to file reading, pointers, structs and advanced structures. Might be a little hard to get hold of now, but I belive amazon have it still. I used it in college, after reading this book I began ro learn C++ and had the background of C to make the learning experience quicker and much more enjoyable. Oh, and the exercises are quite challenging tooCode:Beginning with C
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The book call A Reference C manual is a good book for the C programmer.
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I think C Program Design for Engineers by Jeri R. Hanly , Elliot B. Koffman is very good C book for beginners. Thats why I ordered Problem Solving and Program Design in C by Jeri R. Hanly, Elliot B. Koffman. Hopefully I will get it next week.
KnR is the best one
I dunno. Learning from K&R is kind of like learning how to tie knots by reading a Boy Scout manual from 1950. It contains the correct information, but the style is antiquated and it doesn't account for all the new developments since the time of publication.Originally Posted by rajatphull
I'm not one to put down the K&R book, though. It's definitely something you should own, but get a few other books too. It's been so long since I was in the learning phase that I have no idea what's good any more.
is this a good book "Programming in C: a complete introduction to the C programming language" Stephen G. Kochan 3rd edition
I'm not sure of that book, but I can really recommend "Beginning C" by Ivor Horton.
Has many practical examples of how to approach a new programming problem, as well as all the many step by step instructions as it leads a beginner toward a good basic (more than basic, really), understanding of the C language.
The K&R "The C Programming Language" is an excellent book, but you REALLY have to be a geek to tackle it as a beginning programmer. If you don't know PI to 12 decimal places just because it's interesting, this is not the book for you, as a student starting out in programming.
Horton's the way to go, imo.
The C Book
http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book
good for the experienced c programmers
i would recommend Sam's teach yourself c in 21 days, i learned using that book and it was awesome however now i dont know if iam intermedite or an expert...
All three volumes of it.
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This site is pretty good, all the books are in .pdf.. pretty comprehensive
For me i am new to c programming! And i don have much time either. Thus i like teach yourself C in 21 days by sams publishin. I use it as a guide what i should learn day by day and try to any other books or ask in this forum if i need detailed information.
