Syntax

[Sionofdarkness]

I'm just starting out learning programming, and I'm trying to learn a little about each language. The syntax of C is really weird, can someone explain what all of it means? Like for this:

#include < stdio.h>

void main()
{
printf("\nHello World\n");
}

What does all of that mean, and what is it's purpose in the program?

[WingedPanther]

#include < stdio.h > // this line tells the preprocessor to include the header file that will tell your program how to handle input/output

void main()  //this is the start of function main.  It is where processing in every program starts
{
  printf("\nHello World\n");  //This uses the output function (from stdio.h) to go to the next line, print "Hello World", then go to the next line
}

[NeedHelp]

And I thought I needed help!

[dirkfirst]

Originally Posted by NeedHelp

And I thought I needed help!

lol. sionofdarkness do you not have any books or using any tutorials?

[TkTech]

dirkfirst, dont laugh at someone who is trying to learn.
Sionofdarkness, there are many books at your local library you can read to learn from the basics c and cpp. Or, search online for some tutorials, although a book is probably better.

[WingedPanther]

Following up on that: I recommend downloading Thinking in C++

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by TkTech

dirkfirst, dont laugh at someone who is trying to learn.
Sionofdarkness, there are many books at your local library you can read to learn from the basics c and cpp. Or, search online for some tutorials, although a book is probably better.

Anyone trying to learn should not be laughed at dirkfirst. I'm sure you were learning once and had similar questions.

[WingedPanther]

Also, when learning it is very easy to not know what concepts need to be worried about first. There's a lot of jargon in programming, and it can be very hard to know where to start in the learning process. Some things are easily answered on Google or Wikipedia, but with the many layers of interdependence in concepts, it can be hard to know what's what.