Hi ppl,

I was thinking of a thread for discussing small program examples
for helping out newbie programmers like me.
Noobs submit their program examples here and if experts have the time,
they can go through those and tell the shortcomings or potentially harmful side effects of the code while suggesting improvements.

The programs will b simple and well-commented hopefully.

If the experts approve of this plz let me know.

I don't know that I'm an expert, but my thought is that there is already such a form. It's this programming forum right here. Play around with C, and if you have a question, come back and ask it.

Hope this helps.

I've found that having a blog and posting code examples to it to be very helpful - I've had a lot of useful comments left about the C code I write as I learn..

I think that wjevans_7d1@yahoo.co is on the money.
Just get stuck in.

When you have something specific to ask just put it into the programming forum.
Thats what I do.!?


Good Luck.

Thats OK. Thnx for the support.
Could u suggest some small open source program which I can take a peek into to see what real world C-programming is like? Beginner stuff, plz.

i think without knowing file input/output, a program isnt very useful.
so (unless you do already), learn the basics of C.. basic console input/output, and datatypes. once you know that, then start learning basic file input/output.. an example program would be the 'cat' command, which just opens a file and displays every character until it reaches the EOF/-1 character, printing each one at a time.

good luck!

thnx. I got the basics of C.
Just wanted 2 see some real world C.

Real world C is just a language (programming tool). You might want to understand Data Structures and Algorithms very well. Programming is more of a logic development and problem solving techniques.
On the other hand I can't suggest any other open source software then linux. Pick one perticular area and study it deeply. i.e. memory management, file system handling, network processing..anyone of them. It would be a great experience.

I hope this will help.
And yes anytime you are stuck or you need suggestions This forum is always there.
-Mihir.

check out sourceforge and use the project filter using the language option.

It ain't all pain. Check this out:

http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/helloworld.html

Thanx ppl.
Plz suggest an example to learn date and time functions for incorporation into other programs.

I have previously used the headers GRAPH.h and DOS.h
in my C programs on MS-DOS.
There should be an equivalent of DOS.h in linux but could not find in /usr.
Is it called something else in linux?

Why should there? Linux isn't based on DOS.

However, there are approximate equivalents to some of the dos.h functions in the Linux header files. What specifically do you need from there?

example of date and time usage. its the printf function that contains the pertinent stuff 2 your question. see

Well, Thnx.
I wanted to use the date and time functions. Got it now.
ctime it is.


My friend had made a nice calendar program using GRAPHICS.h
to draw rectangles and stuff in MS-DOS. Thats y I was asking.


As for "linux NOT based on DOS",
isnt DOS just Disk Operating System?
wouldnt it be proper to call Unix or linux as DOSs?
I dont know bout that, plz tell.