Chapter 1 Elements of C

This chapter describes the elements of the C programming language, including the names, numbers, and characters used to construct a C program. The ANSI C syntax labels these components “tokens.” This chapter explains how to define these tokens and how the compiler evaluates them. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

Tokens

Comments

Keywords

Identifiers

Constants

String literals

Operators

Punctuation

This chapter also includes reference tables for the C and Microsoft-specific keywords, trigraphs, escape sequences, and operator precedence, as well as the range for floating-point and integer constants.