Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours, Second Edition gives novices the knowledge to learn to program in C in an easy-to-understand format. C is a powerful and flexible language used for a wide range of projects. The reader will begin with learning the basics to write a first program and then moves on to arrays, pointers, disk input/output, functions, and more such as Understanding data types, loops, and strings to make your programs work for you, Working with arrays, structures, and unions to expand your programming skills, Using pointers to access and retrieve data elements, Developing programs that process mathematical equations, functions, and variables, and Exploring memory management techniques.