| | | | | | Chapter 2 Analyzing C Programs | | | | | | | | | Once you complete this chapter, you'll better understand just why a C program looks the way it does. A C program is rather cryptic until you familiarize yourself with its structure, even if you understand other programming languages. C's heavy reliance on special characters, as opposed to a heavy use of commands, makes C programs rather mysterious to newcomers. | | | | | | | | | This chapter teaches you the following: | | | | | | | | | The fundamentals of C program structures | | | | | | | | | The two kinds of C comments | | | | | | | | | Variable and constant locations | | | | | | | | | Textual screen output format | | | | |