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Date	Topics	Slides	Reading	Homework
Mon Nov 4	Discuss HW0 Non-decimal bases Number representation 0.1+0.2 ≠ 0.3 printf formats	Numbers	What Every Programmer Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic Formatting More formatting Yet more formatting Output Formats Table of Output Formats Integers Float	Numbers Why did the programmer confuse Christmas and Halloween?
Wed Nov 6	Tomorrow is the last drop day Pointers	Pointers	Pointers 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Example Pointers and memory	Pointer Questions A dicussion on counting starting at zero
Fri Nov 8	Discuss HW1 Bits, Bytes, and More Cmd-Line Args	Cmd-Line arguments Bases and printf	Cmd-Line Args	HW0 due Sunday noon
Mon Nov 11	File reading example Structures GDB Debugger (optional)	Structures, unions, enums `typedef` More structures, unions, enums	GDB Tutorial or any tutorial you find on the internet—be sure to understand the material presented in lecture. Useful GDB commands GDB Quick Reference Card Structures 2 3 4 5 6 structures enum, typedef	HW1 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Nov 13	Review HW1 Quiz #1 More on structures Unions and typedefs stdbool.h
Fri Nov 15	Discuss HW2 Dynamic Memory	Dynamic Memory Type Analysis	Memory Alloc malloc free realloc Safety	Dynamic Memory Questions
Mon Nov 18	Random numbers with `rand` & `srand` Multi-Dimensional arrays	Random numbers Multi-dimensional arrays	Two-dimensional arrays Command-line arguments	HW2 due Wednesday noon; late Thursday noon
Wed Nov 20	Today is the last withdraw day Review HW2 Quiz #2 More Pointers	Pointers Recap More pointers: ppt pdf pdf×4 Binky: BINKY!! More info on Binky
Fri Nov 22	Discuss HW3 Sorting	Sorting qsort Demos	search, sort
Mon Nov 25	Thanksgiving Break!
Wed Nov 27
Fri Nov 29
Mon Dec 2	Linked Lists	Linked List Example Linked List (second half): ppt pdf pdf×4	Linked Lists LL Example	HW3 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Dec 4	Review HW3 Quiz #3 Trees	Trees: ppt pdf pdf×4
Fri Dec 6	Discuss HW4 Preprocessor directives Conditional Compilation, code portability Multiple files User includes	Preprocessor `#include`	Preprocessor Macros External Files Conditional Compilation Files	Preprocessor Directives Questions C isn’t that hard: `void ((f[])())()` defines `f` as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return `void`
Mon Dec 9	Using `make`	Makefile: ppt pdf pdf×4		HW4 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Dec 11	Review HW4 Review for exam Course eval
Fri Dec 13	Final Exam Photo ID required

CS157: Intro to C, Part II

Fall 2013

Schedule