Pointers in C Programming: A Modern Approach to Memory Management, Recursive Data Structures, Strings, and Arrays - Softcover

Mailund, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484269268 ISBN 13: 9781484269268

Publisher: Apress, 2021

Synopsis

Gain a better understanding of pointers, from the basics of how pointers function at the machine level, to using them for a variety of common and advanced scenarios. This short contemporary guide book on pointers in C programming provides a resource for professionals and advanced students needing in-depth hands-on coverage of pointer basics and advanced features. It includes the latest versions of the C language, C20, C17, and C14.  

You’ll see how pointers are used to provide vital C features, such as strings, arrays, higher-order functions and polymorphic data structures. Along the way, you’ll cover how pointers can optimize a program to run faster or use less memory than it would otherwise.

There are plenty of code examples in the book to emulate and adapt to meet your specific needs.

What You Will Learn

• Work effectively with pointers in your C programming
• Learn how to effectively manage dynamic memory
• Program with strings and arrays
• Create recursive data structures
• Implement function pointers

Who This Book Is For 

Intermediate to advanced level professional programmers, software developers, and advanced students or researchers. Prior experience with C programming is expected. 

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Mailund is an associate professor in bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has a background in math and computer science, including experience programming and teaching in the C and R programming languages. For the last decade, his main focus has been on genetics and evolutionary studies, particularly comparative genomics, speciation, and gene flow between emerging species.

From the Back Cover

Gain a better understanding of pointers, from the basics of how pointers function at the machine level, to using them for a variety of common and advanced scenarios. This short contemporary guide book on pointers in C programming provides a resource for professionals and advanced students needing in-depth hands-on coverage of pointer basics and advanced features. It includes the latest versions of the C language, C20, C17, and C14.  

You’ll see how pointers are used to provide vital C features, such as strings, arrays, higher-order functions and polymorphic data structures. Along the way, you’ll cover how pointers can optimize a program to run faster or use less memory than it would otherwise.

There are plenty of code examples in the book to emulate and adapt to meet your specific needs.

You will:

• Work effectively with pointers in your C programming
• Learn how to effectively manage dynamic memory
• Program with strings and arrays
• Create recursive data structures
• Implement function pointers

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484269268
• ISBN 13: 9781484269268
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 552