I'd consider taking a class at a community college. I got my feet wet
in a C++ course at ASU, and haven't looked back.
Eric
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Ariel Gold <
arielqgold@gmail.com> wrote:
> sorry, haven't followed the whole thread, but here a couple of cool
> resources:
>
> Free online books by Zed Shaw, who wrote mongrel web server:
> http://learncodethehardway.org/
>
> interactive online coding exercises: codecademy.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:
>>
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$ cat ex2.c
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <stdlib.h>
>>
>> int main (int argc, char **argv) {
>> int argcount = 1;
>> int mode;
>>
>> while (argcount < argc) {
>> if (strcmp(argv[argcount], "-mode1") == 0) {
>> argcount++;
>> printf("Mode 1 Parameter = %s\n", argv[argcount++]);
>> mode = 1;
>> } else if (strcmp(argv[argcount], "-mode2") == 0) {
>> argcount++;
>> printf("Mode 2 Parameter = %s\n", argv[argcount++]);
>> mode = 2;
>> } else {
>> printf("Unknown command %s\n", argv[argcount]);
>> exit(1);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> printf("End of program in mode %d\n", mode);
>> }
>>
>>
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$ gcc -o ex2 ex2.c
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$ ./ex2 -mode1 hello
>> Mode 1 Parameter = hello
>> End of program in mode 1
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$ ./ex2 -mode2 world
>> Mode 2 Parameter = world
>> End of program in mode 2
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$ ./ex2 -mode3 foobar
>> Unknown command -mode3
>> kfries@kfries-laptop:tmp$
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin Fries
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2011-12-19 at 15:48 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>> > #include <stdio.h>
>> > int main (int argc, char * argv[])
>> > {
>> > int argcount=1; /* argv 1 is the first parameter */
>> > int mode;
>> > while(argcount < argc )
>> > {
>> > if(strcmp(argv[argcount],"-mode1") == 0)
>> > {
>> > argcount++;
>> > printf("mode 1 parameter = %s\n",argv[argcount ++]);
>> > mode =1;
>> > }
>> > else if (strcmp(argv[argcount],"-mode2") == 0)
>> > {
>> > argcount++;
>> > printf("mode 2 parameter = %s\n",argv[argcount ++]);
>> > mode =2;
>> > }
>> > else if(strcmp(argv[argcount],"-help") == 0)
>> > {
>> > argcount++;
>> > printf("Help mode\n");
>> > }
>> > else
>> > {
>> > printf("unknown command %s\n",argv[argcount]);
>> > exit(1);
>> > }
>> > }
>> > printf("end of program in mode %d\n",mode);
>> > }
>>
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