The third course in the specialization Introduction to Programming in C introduces the programming constructs pointers, arrays, and recursion. Pointers provide control and flexibility when programming in C by giving you a way to refer to the location of other data. Arrays provide a way to bundle data by guaranteeing sequences of data are grouped together. Finally, recursive functions—functions that call themselves—provide an alternative to iteration that are very useful for implementing certain algorithms.
This course is part of the Introductory C Programming Specialization
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Pointers
Arrays
Uses of Pointers
Recursion
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- 5 stars65.63%
- 4 stars20.43%
- 3 stars5.57%
- 2 stars2.47%
- 1 star5.88%
TOP REVIEWS FROM POINTERS, ARRAYS, AND RECURSION
Good course, tricky problems that make you think. Got VERY frustrated a few times but completed it. This also got me into emacs but with vim keybindings.
It was really good going through this course. Assignments and projects were a bit tough but still enjoyed it
Best part of the course the assignments and the poker project. I loved the reading part too. Best skill I got from this course is deep knowledge of debugging.
Only thing keeping this from 5 stars is the testing assignments
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