20.1 How can I return multiple values from a function?
20.3 How do I access command-line arguments?
20.5 How can I write data files which can be read on other machines with different data formats?
20.6 How can I call a function, given its name as a string?
20.8 How can I implement sets or arrays of bits?
20.9 How can I determine whether a machine's byte order is big-endian or little-endian?
20.10 How can I convert integers to binary or hexadecimal?
20.11
Can I use base-2 constants
(something like 0b101010)?
Is there a
printf format for binary?
20.12 What is the most efficient way to count the number of bits which are set in a value?
20.13 How can I make my code more efficient?
20.14 Are pointers really faster than arrays? How much do function calls slow things down?
20.17 Is there a way to switch on strings?
20.18 Is there a way to have non-constant case labels (i.e. ranges or arbitrary expressions)?
20.19 Are the outer parentheses in return statements really optional?
20.20 Why don't C comments nest? Are they legal inside quoted strings?
20.24 Why doesn't C have nested functions?
20.25 How can I call FORTRAN (C++, BASIC, Pascal, Ada, LISP) functions from C?
20.26 Does anyone know of a program for converting Pascal or FORTRAN to C?
20.27 Can I use a C++ compiler to compile C code?
20.28 I need to compare two strings for close, but not necessarily exact, equality.
20.31 How can I find the day of the week given the date?
20.32 Will 2000 be a leap year?
20.34 How do you write a program which produces its own source code as its output?
20.35 What is ``Duff's Device''?
20.37 What was the entry keyword mentioned in K&R1?
20.38 Where does the name ``C'' come from, anyway?
20.39 How do you pronounce ``char''?
20.40 Where can I get extra copies of this list?