Lecture 14: May 23, 2024

Reading: zyBooks text, §2.10, 2.19, 3.15, 5.12
Assignments: Homework 3, due May 29 (Note extension); Extra Credit 2, due May 29 (Note extension)

1. C operator a ? b : c

2. C function pointers [fptr.c, funcptr.c]

3. C library functions

4. Standard I/O library
   1. stdio.h
   2. FILE *
   3. Full, line, buffering; unbuffered
   4. Moving around in a file fseek, ftell, fgetpos, fsetpos [stats.c, stats2.c]

5. Character types [chartype.c]

6. Time
   1. Number of seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, at 12:00:00am UTC)
   2. Getting it using time, ctime, localtime, gmtime [tick.c]

7. Pseudorandom number generation
   1. Pseudorandom numbers vs. random numbers
   2. Pseudorandom number generators rand, random [prand1.c, prand2.c]
   3. Seeding a pseudorandom number generator [prand1.c]

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ECS 36A, Programming & Problem Solving Version of May 29, 2024 at 12:01PM

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