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Contents
Introduction
0 Before We Begin… 1
1 Getting Started 11
2 C Instructions 23
3 Decision Control Instruction 41
4 More Complex Decision Making 57
5 Loop Control Instruction 81
6 More Complex Repetitions 93
7 Case Control Instruction 113
8 Functions 123
9 Pointers 135
10 Recursion 149
11 Data Types Revisited 157
12 The C Preprocessor 165
13 Arrays 177
14 Multidimensional Arrays 203
15 Strings 245
16 Handling Multiple Strings 257
17 Structures 285
18 Console Input/Output 333
19 File Input/Output 345
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