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C programming

I have to learn C programming (not C++) for my course (Aero Eng).

I have never did anything like this before and we go through the tutorials too quickly for me. I need a site which is extremely user friendly and explains everything.

I'm on one tutorial where I need to open a file, read its contents and then compute data such as the average, lowest and highest values.
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D3bug
I know you may not like to pay, but 'C for Dummies' is an absolutely awesome book for explaining stuff in easy to understand ways and at the right pace (imo anyway). It doesn't go hugely advanced but I'm pretty sure it covers most of what you'll need, the rest is easy enough to find on the internet and apply knowledge of syntax (from the book) to implement in your own programs.
Otherwise, good luck finding the right guide for you!
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www.cprogramming.com

Also, I've found the For Dummies books really useful as well - I use the C++ for Dummies one though.
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Get on youtube, theres usually some great playlists from people. Also on youtube, im not positive if there is a C one, but Stanford uni put up some lectures for whole modules, definately worth checking their youtube page for a series of C lectures.
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I tried youtube and it helps to a certain extent but there are literally always problems with programming and every resource I look at (tons) never explains the most basic problems. They just tell you how to do it and thats it. The problem is that it goes wrong 9/10 times. In one such instance, I'm trying to print numbers from a file but it only prints the first number..
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I would recommend against learning C as your first language if you are finding the basic problems troublesome. I've heard good things about learning python first. Here is a good tutorial for it -> http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html and here is pythons documentation -> http://docs.python.org/library/index.html.

After a few weeks with that then it would be a good idea to move onto C with the help of a book.

If you'd rather not bother with python post some examples of the programming problems you have and i'll try my best to help :smile: .

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