Experiments in C

So i had a holliday. I've programmed for years, but strangely enough never in C. Why not try it out? I used:

• gcc as a compiler
• nano as the editor

So much for the software architecture. I followed these tutorials, and found that the learning curve to C is akin to PHP and JavaScript. The variables are defined in a different way. But loops are pretty much the same thing. Here's a sample from one of the tutorials.

#include

 

int main () {

   int a;

   /* for loop execution */

   for( a = 10; a < 20; a = a + 1 ){

      printf("value of a: %d\n", a);

   }

 

   return 0;

}

The main difference is compiling. So save the code above in say myForLoop.c. Then compile the file, like this:

# gcc -o myForLoop myForLoop.c

Now you can execute the file in a Linux terminal:

# ./myForLoop