More Than 3 Million Copies Sold

The new edition of this classic book has been thoroughly revamped, but remains faithful to the principles that have established it as a favourite amongst students, teachers and software professionals around the world. "Simplicity" - that has been the hallmark of this book in not only its previous nineteen English editions, but also in the Hindi, Gujarati, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and US editions. This book doesn't assume any programming background. It begins with the basics and steadily builds the pace so that the reader finds it easy to handle advanced topics towards the end of the book. Each chapter contains:

• Lucid explanation of the concept.
• Well thought-out, fully working programming examples.
• End-of-chapter exercises that would help you practise the skills learned in the chapter.
• Hand-crafted "KanNotes" at the end of each chapter that would help the reader remember and revise the concepts covered in the chapter.

KEY FEATURES  

• A detailed explanation of programming language concepts
• Lucid explanation of the concept
• Well-thought-out, fully working programming examples
• End-of-chapter exercises 
• Hand-crafted “KanNotes” to revise the concepts covered in the chapter

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• C Instructions
• Decision Control / Loop Control / Case-Control / Repetitions Instruction
• Functions, Pointers, Recursion, Translation unit, Scope, Linkage
• Data Types, C Preprocessor
• Arrays, Strings, Operations on Bits, Wide Character, Storage classes
• Structures, Console & File Input/Output, Coding style

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Students, Programmers, researchers, and software developers who wish to learn the basics of the C programming language.

1. Getting Started
2. C Instructions
3. Decision Control Instruction
4. More Complex Decision Making
5. Loop Control Instruction
6. More Complex Repetitions
7. Case Control Instruction
8. Functions
9. Pointers
10. Recursion
11. Data Types Revisited
12. The C Preprocessor
13. Arrays
14. Multidimensional Arrays
15. Strings
16. Handling Multiple Strings
17. Structures
18. Console Input/Output
19. File Input/Output
20. More Issues In Input/Output
21. Operations On Bits
22. Miscellaneous Features
23. Interview FAQs
24. The Next Level
Appendix A – Compilation And Execution
Appendix B – Precedence Table
Appendix C – Chasing The Bugs
Appendix D – ASCII Chart
Periodic Tests I to IV, Course Tests I, II

Yashavant Kanetkar

Through his books and online Quest Video Courses on C, C++, Data Structures, VC++, .NET, etc. Yashavant Kanetkar has created, molded and groomed lacs of IT careers in the last two and half decades. Yashavant’s books and online courses have made a significant contribution in creating top-notch IT manpower in India and abroad.

Yashavant’s books are globally recognized and millions of students / professionals have benefitted from them. His books have been translated into Hindi, Gujarati, Japanese, Korean and Chinese languages. Many of his books are published in India, USA, Japan, Singapore, Korea and China.

Yashavant is a much sought-after speaker in the IT field and has conducted seminars/workshops at TedEx, IITs, NITs, IIITs and global software companies.

Yashavant has been honored with the prestigious “Distinguished Alumnus Award” by IIT Kanpur for his entrepreneurial, professional and academic excellence. This award was given to top 50 alumni of IIT Kanpur who have made significant contribution towards their profession and betterment of society in the last 50 years.

In recognition of his immense contribution to IT education in India, he has been awarded the "Best .NET Technical Contributor" and "Most Valuable Professional" awards by Microsoft for 5 successive years.

Yashavant holds a BE from VJTI Mumbai and M. Tech. from IIT Kanpur. His current affiliations include being a Director of KICIT Pvt. Ltd. and an Adjunct Faculty at IIIT, Bangalore. He can be reached at kanetkar@kicit.com or through http://www.ykanetkar.com.