Thread: C tutorial Onsite.

I'm new, and can't find my answer around the site, so I was forced to ask.

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html the Basic C tutorial is not fully ported.
I want to learn C (and then move onto C++) but I don't want to start with a half-finished tutorial.

Is there any full tutorials for C that you would recommend, I don't really want to learn C++ until I know and am comfortable with C but I can't find where to start.

I've come across lots of C tutorials but I always seem to run into problems with MinGW and Dev C++. Sometimes there code is not compatible with GCC (Linux) and MinGW or Dev C++(I don't know much about standards).

I really need help where to start, I've learned HTML and CSS in the past, and am pretty comfortable with those languages so I'm not new to this whole coding thing, I would like to learn how to code programs.

Have I missed anything obvious on this site that would help me.

I've been lead to this tutorial before http://www.nongnu.org/c-prog-book/online/index.html

but http://www.nongnu.org/c-prog-book/online/x562.html compiles fine in windows but won't execute correctly.

Thanks.

Just go ahead and read through the C tutorials. A lot of the C++ ones are specific to C++. For instance, classes, templates, and subsequently OOP concepts like Inheritance and Polymorphism aren't really applicable to C (although OOP can be "faked" in C, and those concepts might apply in some way).

The tutorials on this website are probably very close to the C standard(s). I would also recommend reading this: http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm

Be aware, however, that a lot of information from that last site is not correct. The best part of that site is the diagrams. Consider the code examples there to be proof of concept, and not necessarily corrrect. Things like declaring main() to return void is wrong, and not valid C code. Many times, compilers will let you get away with all kinds of things. If you utilize these "features", other compilers might not allow you to do the same, and you'll get stuck writing code that only works on one compiler.

Seriously consider compiling your code with warning levels turned up.

There is no need to learn C then C++ - you can just jump straight to the latter, and I would suggest getting a book if you're serious.

Originally Posted by robwhit

works for me. what sort of problems are you having?

When I type in the first guess, the program hangs. On Windows, with MinGW.
Edit: forget that, I understand what is meant by the extra one at the end of the while condition, it works fine. Sorry. Thinking about it, it makes allot of sense to why that occurred, I guess bugs are a bigger learning curve than I thought.

And can someone tell me why a new line is preferred at the end of any C code?

Originally Posted by tihoc4n

And can someone tell me why a new line is preferred at the end of any C code?

Because it's easier to read and flows well (readability wise). It also usually means the line will fit on the screen and you don't have to scroll across.

Originally Posted by MacGyver

The tutorials on this website are probably very close to the C standard(s). I would also recommend reading this: http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm

Damn! That's quite a tutorial. However, http://www.delorie.com has a huge list of C functions that are common to many implementations of C (on Windows).

If I don't add one MinGW tells me

One of the more annoying errors. It's not a preference, it's a rule:

A source file that is not empty shall end in a new-line character, which shall not be immediately preceded by a backslash character before any such splicing takes place.

Since this is a "shall" clause, we must emit a diagnostic message for a violation of this rule.

See this message for the original. There's a sticky at the top of this forum where you can get a copy of a draft of the C language, if you want one.

Originally Posted by Cactus_Hugger

One of the more annoying errors. It's not a preference, it's a rule:

There has to be a reason for this, right?
And has anyone had any experience with this would they recommend it?

Or should I just stick to the on site tutorials?

Edit: Would this book be recomended to someone like me? The C Programming Language (Paperback) Second Edition

The C Programming Language