C and C++ Programming Tips

Tip	Author	Rating (votes)
gets is dangerous	carl johnson	7.6
do not use printf without %s to print a string	pavan kumar	7.5
Temporariless Swap	Guille	7.4
Comparisons in C\C++	Nikitas Angelinas	7.3
Rounding to an Integer	Gorn	7.3
logical error on division	M.Kumaran	7.3
assert() yourself!	Kevin Lam	7.2
Always write if statements with braces	Webmaster	7.1
Don't use strlen in a loop condition.	anonytmouse	7.0
When optimizing code, focus on algorithms first	Alex Allain	7.0
Passing array elements to functions	Umer khan	7.0
difference between int* p and int *p declaration	omprakash mishra	6.9
Multiply rather than Divide	Reese Moore	6.9
Solve Any Compiler Error Easily	Wajahat Karim	6.9
Better coding style for comparison	nids	6.9
Standard Loop Progression	Dazzle	6.9
The power of scanf()	Joanna	6.8
Common Optimization Tips	Travis Fischer	6.8
Keep a cool head when programming	Sentralia	6.8
High performance looping	Rachana	6.8
Keep fit to program better	Luna Man	6.8
Pointer Tips :-)	Jatin Gandhi	6.8
Converting numbers to Strings	Webmaster	6.7
C++ new does not return 0 on failure!	Are R. Svendsen	6.7
Initialise all variables before use	Mounish	6.7
Be organised	Prophet-Ex	6.7
Never do unary minus on sizeof	Vaibhav	6.7
Pointer Memory allocation	Krishnamoorthi	6.7
Fast multiplication	Jean-François Geyelin	6.7
Use ++ and --	Subyraj P.S	6.7

Effective Modularity in Programming	Sharma PCS	6.6
Flowcharts	ayyapparaju	6.6
The many meanings of NULL	Rajat Kochhar	6.6
Safely using strncpy	oliv29	6.5
Avoid void main()	Webmaster	6.5
initalization of objects	mohit dhawan	6.5
Dont't use scanf() when reading sentences	Romnico	6.5
clean up after cin (C++)	Major_Small	6.5
Write it out on paper	rakesh kumar	6.5
loop condition	Krishna	6.4
Logic	Hardi Pertel	6.4
Be careful when storing pointers inside unions	singam kiran reddy	6.4
Code Optimization Tips	Basker Swaminathan	6.4
Be careful about array size when u are using strcp	Bhushan Verma	6.4
Clever ways to avoid using if statements	A. Karthick Pandia Samy	6.4
think before you code	Timofei Gerasimov	6.4
Programming Tips	Jatin Gandhi	6.3
Pointer arithmetic hack	Vivek Ahlawat	6.3
Unexpected struct behavior in Borlands Turbo C++ 3	Raza Sayed	6.3
Effective use of ==	Er.Nathan	6.3
Make libraries for yourself	Valseedian	6.2
use of ! operator	mrinal jha	6.2
Initialise all variables	Jia.Lu	6.2
getchar() returns an int	Rob	6.2
compiler tip	Julian Sutherland	6.2
Fix all compiler warnings	rickey	6.1
backups using CVS save you lot of space	Leif	6.1
Free The Memory That You Use	Udhaya Kumar.D	6.1
Use makefile	cjediknight	6.1
Use Good Variable And Function Names	prog-bman	6.1

Error handling for new	Upesh Jindal	6.1
Do NOT always check for NULL! (C++)	Kevin Lam	6.1
gets() is bad.	Sean	6.1
Fastest raise to power.	Ezzetabi	6.0
Run code in Different compilers	Naren Varma	6.0
Prefer pre-increment and pre-decrement	Karl	6.0
Pointer arithmetic trickiness	vishesh jain	6.0
Test pieces of your code early	Hardi Pertel	6.0
Understanding the win32 data types	Muhammad Shahid	6.0
Reuse Old Code	Timofei Gerasimov	6.0
Rounding a floating point number to a near-fraction	Steven	6.0
Dynamic memory allocation of 2d arrays	nandam	6.0
Make backups	Vox	6.0
Tips for writing programs for beginners	pradeep	6.0
Modifying const variables	Wiro Sableng	6.0
String to integer	Mayur Avhad	6.0
Use const variables as function parameters when po	beyonddc	5.9
Use STL containers instead of C arrays	Sang-drax	5.9
Executing system commands	Sean	5.9
Turn on all compiler warnings	Maragato	5.8
Always check for NULL (in C)	Webmaster	5.8
Use multiple files	Thantos	5.8
Use <constant> == <value>	Webmaster	5.8
Goto vs. Higher-level control structures	Sean	5.7
Commenting out code with the preprocessor	Webmaster	5.7
Use templates to prevent memory leakage	Kunal	5.7
Don't use fflush(stdin)	Shakti	5.7
Use the Appropriate Variables	Mahesh Kumar.S	5.6
beware of loop invarinats	Iain	5.6
Member Functions are inline by default (C++)	Ash	5.6

Avoid memory wastage	Arthi	5.6
Get a copy of the standard	Thantos	5.6
take advantage of array indicies	Dave	5.6
pre & post increment & decrement operators	jay	5.6
Turn off optimization when debugging	Ashok Kumar	5.5
Doing calculations	Linuxguru	5.5
Make pointer and reference arguments const	Akshay	5.5
Comment!	VOX	5.5
Give Proper Names to Your Variables	Maragato	5.5
char *pa; and char a[];	avdtech	5.5
Indent your Program	Prashant Sahay	5.5
match the out side world ideas to logical designin	mady	5.4
Put braces around if statement code, part 2	PING	5.3
Compiling 32-bit code on a 64-bit machine	vinay Kumar	5.0
Cute but dangerous code, finding the larger integer without using comparisons	Prakash Samy	5.0
Don't modify a variable more than once in a single statement	Ganga R Jaiswal	5.0
Operator Associativity and Hierarchy	Avinash	5.0
What is pointer arithmetic?	Umer khan	4.6
Decompose before you code	Abhinandan Pandey	4.5
finding size of variable without using sizeof()	Rajesh punia	4.0
swap with out using temporary	raghava	4.0
Arguments for Main	Sajan	3.7
Automatic Array initialisation	kedar	3.7
creating a messagebox on Windows	Amarjeet Kawathe	3.5
Check the return value of scanf( )	citizen	3.2
Be careful of Magic behaviour due to compilers	manik	3.0
increment and decrement on pointer	RAJKUMAR	3.0
Checking if two arrays are equal	Unnikrishnan T A	0.7
Assigning a char array to another char array	Brian Plummer	0.5
Increment and decrement counters with rollover	Lee Walker	0.0

Using _strtime and _strdate to get the time	Ali Jafar	0.0
One instruction per line	Ludovic Flender	0.0
Use preincrement with iterators	Dirk Tjantele	0.0
Use virtual functions instead of type checking	Sajan	0.0
Why you can't dereference a void* pointer	ashish mathur	0.0
Don't increment the same variable multiple times in one statement	sidra	0.0
Never return a non-const pointer to a data member!	hussain hani	0.0
Display Date and Time in C++	Govind	0.0
Long variable names	Carl	0.0
take care while using new and delete	rajender	0.0
Operator precedence shortcut	sai shanker	0.0