Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module C208. This topic is presented on public courses
Learning to Program in C,
Learning to program in C and C++,
Programming in C,
C and C++ Programming,
Learning to program in C and C++,
C and C++ Programming
Background
Programs don't run in isolation - they need to read in
command line and environment variables from the user, and
return results. They need to use standard libraries of
functions, and they may need to be compiled up and prepared to
run under a variety of different operating systems.
Articles and tips on this subject | updated |
4341 | Segmentation Fault, Segmentation Violation, Bus Error, Stack Smashing Have you ever had these error messages come up from your C program and wondered what they really mean?
Segmentation Fault
Segmentation Violation
Bus Error
stack smashing detected
A segmentation fault is when you try to access memory that doesn't exits. A segmentation violation is when you try to access ... | 2014-12-03 |
4336 | Test Driven Development - a first example of principle in C If you're writing a substantial chunk of code, chances are that you'll want to split it down into manageable pieces. By doing so, you can make for re-usable code, for clearer code when you come to maintain your application, and for code that you can test section by section.
I'm going to encourage yu ... | 2014-12-01 |
Examples from our training material
bmi.c | Functions to be tested |
bmi.h | header file for functions to be tested |
cle.c | Command line arguments and the environment |
ctoken.c | Tokenising a string into a structure |
fyle.c | File reading - template for delegates |
makefile | makefile for module C202 |
qn208.c | Command line options and parameters |
tdd.c | Test harness - test driven development |
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Topics covered in this module
The Preprocessor and Macros
Libraries
Enumerators
Using command line parameters and environment variables
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