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Teach Yourself C in 21 Days (Teach Yourself in 21 Days)

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This book is nice one, I'm sure that it could make you understand the language. I'm a C++ programmer, but somehow I have to read/analyze C code very often (since C is more popular than C++ in Japan). This book is well-done in many aspects. However, there are still something/functions that shouldn't be use. For example, the author used "gets()" function, which is dangerous.

Anyway, overall this is a nice book on C tutorial. Note for noive/beginner don't hope to finish it within 21 Days, remember that learning any language, not just programming language, take times.

This book starts off excellent, giving the user the belief that C is easy, etc. In fact, it is not easy and you need to have some programming experience before attempting this book. For the first 5 days no experience is necessary, but this changes quickly

This is the first C programming book I read. I still recall the excitement I felt when I run the first code example in the book and saw "Hello World" displayed on the screen.

1) The authors present the key concepts in C language, such as pointers and arrays, in a concise and easy-to-understand manner.

2) The many code examples (with analysis) in the book enable the readers to better understand the language features. More importantly, they can get a feel on when and how to use these features.

3) The programs are fun to run, and the pace of the book is easy to follow. I finished the book (including most of the exercises) in 21 days.

I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to learn C.

I've searched through the most popular books on C and C++ trying to find something on how to determine how much memory is available for your data. I was looking for something comparable to the "memavail" command in Turbo Pascal. A programmer wants this information if he plans on putting most or all of his computer's available memory to best use. Finally I found something, and it was in this book. (I am amazed that other books on C offer nothing by way of advice or anything else in this area.) It was an example of how to use the memory allocation function (malloc()), and it also provided an excellent example of what you can do with C pointers. My compliments to the author(s) of this book.

For the first chapters it was exicting. After that it got hard and a bit complicated. But you get to stick to it, because only this way you' ll be able to understand the process about teaching yourself. DISCIPLINE is the word ! When you done with the book , go out and get another C book , you may increase your knowledge by seeing other methods of teaching by book, methods adopted by other C writers ! So take your chances !!!! The book is fare ! NO PAIN NO GAME !

An excellent example of Sam's Teach Yourself series, TYC in 21 Days is perfect for those who want to get into the field of computer programming. This book offers a chance to learn the basics of C (which is an extremely useful language in and of itself, as well as a gateway to learning other popular languages such as C++ and Java) in an easy-to-understand format. Everything you learn here will prove invaluable in a career of programming. If I had to recommend a first book to buy for the aspiring coder, this one would be it.

This is a great tutorial, but I wouldn't recommend it for the beginner programmer, as with most TY books (at least with my experience with them). For the absolute beginner, check out "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to C" by Greg Perry. He is known for being able to put complicated things in simplified terms. Other than that, it's a great book. I wish the authors would've simplified more, as it gets rather compicated, but eventually I am able to understand what they are trying to explain.

I borrowed this book (the best-seller 2nd edition)from my local library thinking that it is just another computer book, but I found it very good as a tutorial. This book is informative and clear on most part. What I didn't like is its unreal division of chapters. I personally also feel the book's last few chapters a little rushing. More exercices would be great.

This book is good and will teach you a lot. But at many points i felt like giving up because it is easy to get lost as it is too complicated.