Table of Contents


     1. Introduction to SCI Programming                              1
     2. SCI Statement Structure                                      2
     3. SCI Program Structure                                        3
     4. Functions                                                    6
     4.1. Library Functions                                          6
     4.1.1. putd()                                                   7
     4.1.2. getchar()                                                7
     4.1.3. puts()                                                   7
     5. Your First Programs                                          9
     5.1. Hello again, world!                                        9
     5.2. Fahrenheit to Celsius                                     10
     6. Statements: Simple and Compound                             11
     6.1. Comment Statements                                        12
     7. Expressions                                                 14
     7.1. Operators                                                 14
     7.1.1. Binary Operators                                        14
     7.1.2. Unary Operators                                         14
     7.2. Precedence                                                15
     7.3. Associativity                                             15
     7.4. Arithmetic operators                                      16
     7.5. Bitwise Operators                                         16
     8. Variables                                                   17
     8.1. Naming Conventions                                        17
     8.2. Data Types                                                18
     8.2.1. Char                                                    18
     8.2.2. Int                                                     18
     8.3. Scope                                                     19
     8.3.1. Global Variables                                        19
     8.3.2. Local Variables                                         20
     8.3.3. Function Arguments                                      21
     8.3.4. System Globals                                          22
     8.4. Location of Variables                                     22
     8.4.1. The Stack                                               22
     8.4.2. Program and Data Segments                               23
     9. Constants                                                   24
     9.1. Hexadecimal Constants                                     24
     9.2. Octal Constants                                           24
     9.3. ASCII Character Constants                                 24
     9.4. String Constants                                          25
     10. Assignment Operator                                        27
     10.1. Lvalues and Rvalues                                      27
     11. Comma Operator                                             29
     12. Flow Control                                               30
     12.1. if and if-else                                           30
     12.1.1. More About Statements                                  32
     12.1.2. Relational Operators                                   35
     12.1.3. Logical Operators                                      36
     12.1.4. Precedence and Associativity                           37
     12.1.5. Examples                                               39
     12.2. while                                                    40


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     12.3. for                                                      41
     12.4. switch                                                   43
     13. Arrays                                                     47
     14. Pointers                                                   49
     14.1. Lvalues and Rvalues Revisited                            50
     14.2. Pointer Operator                                         50
     14.2.1. Pointer Expressions                                    53
     14.2.2. printf()                                               54
     14.3. Address Operator                                         55
     14.3.1. scanf()                                                57
     15. Increment and Decrement Operators                          59
     16. A Tour Through the File I/O Functions                      62
     16.1. fopen()                                                  62
     16.2. fclose()                                                 63
     16.3. fgetc() and fputc()                                      64
     16.4. fgets() and fputs()                                      64
     16.5. fread() and fwrite()                                     65
     16.6. fseek() and ftell()                                      66
     17. The Debuger                                                68
     17.1. Introduction                                             68
     17.2. Enabling the Debuger                                     69
     17.3. Sample Debug Session                                     71
     17.3.1. Exiting the Debuger                                    72
     17.3.2. Single Stepping                                        73
     17.3.3. Displaying Global Variables                            74
     17.3.4. Breakpoints                                            75
     17.3.5. Function Call Trace Back                               76
     17.3.6. Examine a Program                                      77
     18. The Shell                                                  79
     18.1. Customizing the Shell                                    81
     18.2. DOS Command Line Arguments to the Shell                  84





















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