Well - not completely a new course. New delegates, and lots of new examples written for them during the first day to that they can see not only WHAT work but also HOW the design of what works is put together during the day. Click on the individual source code examples, and you'll find programs to which I added further comments after we were done for the day.

Basics ...
Commenting in C - [source]
Also uses a function from another file - [source]

Loops and conditionals ...
Repeating code in a while loop - [source]
Good and bad for loops- [source]
If and else and use of blocks- [source]

Functions ...
Variable scope in blocks - [source]
Returning values from a function - [source]

Arrays ...
Returning values from a function - [source]
Pointers v Arrays - [source]

Pointers ...
First pointers demo - [source]
Passing a reference - [source]
Passing complex data via a single pointer - [source]

Preprocessor Directives ...
Some common preprocessor directives - [source]

See [here] for details of more upcoming public C courses.

(written 2011-01-05, updated 2011-01-08)

 C202 - C and C based languages - A first practical program
  [4632] Remember to ask the question before you listen for the answer - (2016-01-26)
  [4337] Learning to program sample program - past its prime, but still useful - (2014-12-02)
  [3590] Defining, declaring and initialising variables in C - (2012-01-24)
  [3236] C - a first program that does something useful for you - (2011-04-09)
  [2580] C course inspires new teaching examples - (2010-01-16)
  [888] Turning C from source to a running program - (2006-10-06)

C203 - C and C based languages - Conditionals and Loops
  [4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while - (2014-11-22)
  [4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if) - (2014-11-21)
  [3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration? - (2011-08-18)
  [3384] Loops - a comparison of goto, while and for - (2011-08-10)
  [3243] Breaking the running sequence - an introduction to conditional statements and loops - (2011-04-11)
  [3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages - (2011-03-12)
  [3004] Increment operators for counting - Perl, PHP, C and others - (2010-10-18)
  [2570] Function Prototypes in C - (2010-01-11)
  [2002] New C Examples - pointers, realloc, structs and more - (2009-01-20)
  [1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ... - (2008-07-04)
  [1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops - (2008-03-19)
  [1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc) - (2007-06-06)
  [1191] Smart English Output - via PHP and Perl ? : operator - (2007-05-18)
  [962] Breaking a loop - Ruby and other languages - (2006-12-03)
  [353] Wimbledon Neck - (2005-06-20)

C205 - C and C based languages - Arrays
  [4566] C - why is slow to write and debug) but fast to run? - (2015-11-01)
  [4338] Passing arrays into functions in C - (2014-12-02)
  [3245] Collections in C and C++ - arrays, vectors and heap memory blocks - (2011-04-12)
  [3144] Setting up arrays in C - fixed size at compile time, or dynamic - (2011-01-24)
  [3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables. - (2011-01-02)
  [2840] Just pass a pointer - do not duplicate the data - (2010-06-30)
  [1614] When an array is not an array - (2008-04-17)

C207 - C and C based languages - Pointers and references
  [4560] Variables, Pointers and References - C and C++ - (2015-10-29)
  [4128] Allocating memory dynamically in a static language like C - (2013-06-30)
  [3399] From fish, loaves and apples to money, plastic cards and BACS (Perl references explained) - (2011-08-20)
  [3386] Adding the pieces together to make a complete language - C - (2011-08-11)
  [3242] How to return 2 values from a function (C++ and C) - more uses of pointers - (2011-04-10)
  [3238] Bradshaw, Ben and Bill. And some C and C++ pointers and references too. - (2011-04-09)
  [2670] Pointers to Pointers to Pointers - what is the point? - (2010-03-10)
  [2572] The what and why of C pointers - (2010-01-13)
  [2005] Variables and pointers and references - C and C++ - (2009-01-23)
  [1497] Training Season Starts again! - (2008-01-07)
  [1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc - (2007-12-19)
  [1155] Pointers in C - (2007-04-19)

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