Learning C with fractals / Roger T. Stevens.

Includes index.

System requirements for computer disk: IBM PC or compatible; DOS; Borland C++ or other C compiler; VGA card and monitor (can modify for EGA card); hard disk recommended.

Front Cover; Learning C with Fractals; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Color Plates; Chapter 1. Introduction; Hardware Requirements; C Programming Style; Comments; Preprocessor Directives; The ♯ include Directive; The #define Directive; Reserved Words; Data Types; Chapter 2. Writing and Compiling C Programs; Borland C++ and Turbo C++; Zortech C++; Microsoft C++; Power C; Chapter 3. Main Program and Functions; The main Program; Functions within a Program; Function Limitations; Summary; Chapter 4. Interaction of C with DOS; DOS Fundamentals. Using DOS from C: the int86 FunctionThe setmode Function; The cls Function; The plot Function; Summary; Chapter 5. Operators and Expressions; Operator Definitions; Operator Precedence; Mixed Types and Typecasting; Chapter 6. Initializing Variables; Global and Local Variables; Initializing Data Items; Initializing Arrays; Chapter 7. Using Loops; The while Loop; The Mandelbrot Set; The do-while loop; The Hyperbolic Cosine Fractal; The for Loop; The Legendre Polynomial Fractal; Chapter 8. Conditional Statements; The if-else Statement; Relational Operators; More Complicated if Statements. The Julia SetThe? : Trinary Conditional Function and the Dragon Curve; The switch-case Statement; Chapter 9. Output to Screen and Printer; The putch Function; The putc and fputc Functions; The putchar and fputchar Functions; The puts and fputs Functions; The putw Function; The printf Function; Type Characters; The flag Field; The width Field; The precision Field; The size Field; Expanded Mandelbrot Set Example; Chapter 10. Disk Reading and Writing; Opening a Disk File; Closing a File; The fseek and rewind Commands; The putc and fputc Functions; The fputs Functions; The putw Function. The fprintf FunctionThe fread and fwrite Functions; The Tchebychev C5 Polynomial Fractal Curve; Restoring a Display from a Disk File; Chapter 11. Keyboard Input; The getch and getche Functions; The getc and fgetc Functions; The getchar and fgetchar Functions; The gets and fgets Functions; The getw Function; The scanf Function; Specifying the Input Format; Type Characters; An Example Using scanf; Problems with scant; The bioskey Function; The Mandelbrot Set as a Map of Julia Sets; The Mandelbrot Set with Integer Arithmetic; Moving the Cursor and Drawing the Preview Julia Set. The arrow FunctionThe julia Function; The gotoXY Function; The plot Function; The plotxor Function; Chapter 12. Using Pointers in C; What Is a Pointer?; The Plasma Fractal Display; Initializing the Palette; The subdivide Function; Rotating Colors; Chapter 13. Structures and Unions; Structures; The typedef Statement; Using a Structure; Unions; Expanding the Tchebychev C5 Fractal; The move_cursor Function; The plot Function; Chapter 14. Mathematical Functions; The Cosine Fractal; Chapter 15. Character and Number Conversions; The atoi Function; The atol Function; The atof and _atold Functions.