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Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
01-08-2003, 12:57 PM
I've been reluctant to go and buy a book that lists all of the functions in the standard ANSI C libraries because all of them I've seen have been pretty expensive (over $50 US).

Can anyone recommend a good online reference for the library functions, or would anyone have a book that lists these functions that they'd let go for a reasonable price?

I'm starting to get comfortable with C, and about the only thing I'm lacking right now is a good knowledge the the standard libraries.

goon12
01-08-2003, 01:07 PM
Here is one I found on google... I didnt look at the all, but I am sure there are a bunch
http://users.aol.com/alvareze/c/ansic.html

You could also use the man pages..

bwkaz
01-08-2003, 01:39 PM
Everything in /usr/share/man/man3 should be for the standard C library -- at least, the stuff like printf.3 is. The .3x files are for X, and there are other suffixes as well I think, but most of the .3 files in there are from libc.

Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
01-08-2003, 02:50 PM
See, thing is, I'd like something that I can kind of "flip through" to check out what each header has in it, so I can get some ideas as to what each library does.

Basically, I think I might just be stuck with buying the big book. It might set me back a little bit, but it will probably be money well spent if I use it frequently...

Energon
01-09-2003, 11:54 AM
From The C Programming Language (2nd Ed.):

Appendix A: Reference Manual
Appendix B: Standard Library

There's a reason it's the bible of C.