The Skeleton of a C Program

Abstract

Let’s now turn our attention to what a C program looks like. All C programs consist of a series of functions. A function is somewhat like a BASIC subroutine. The primary difference is that a C function has a built-in mechanism for communicating values to the program which called it (and for accepting values from the calling program).

‘Why,’ said the Dodo, ‘the best way to explain it is to do it.’

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