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====== C ======

==== VARIABLES ====

  * **char** - 1 byte - is used to store a single character (ASCII) value

<code c>
char Temp;    // Variable definition or declaration (letting compiler know we will need it in the future)
Temp = 25;    // Variable initialisation (assigning a value)
extern int my_var // Declaration. It tells the compiler that my_var is defined outside this file
</code>

**Address of the variable**
<code c>
char a1 = 'A';
&a1                 // Gives you an address - memory location of the variable temp. Type is char* 
printf("%p\n", &a1) // %p - is the special format specifier for pointers
</code>

**Storage Class** of the variable defines:
  * Scope of the variable
  * Visibility of the variable 
  * Life time of the variable 

**static** - creates global variable but private to the specific function.
<code c>
void myFunc(void)
{
  static int count = 0;
  count = count + 1;
  printf("Function was called %d times\n", count);
}
</code>

Another use case for **static** - prevent access to the global variables from another files:
<code c>
static int internal_global_var; // Won't be accessible outside this file, even with extern
</code>

**extern** - is used to access the global variable, which is defined outside the scope of a file

**ASCII**

<code c>
  char a1 = 'A'; // Compiler replaces 'A' with 65 and stores it in a1
  char a2 = 65;  // basically the same as initialising it with 'A'

  printf("%c\n", a1); // prints 'A'
  printf("%c\n", a2); // prints also 'A'
</code>

==== PRINTF FORMATTERS ====

  * %u - unsigned
  * %lf - double
  * %f - float
  * %le, %e - real number in the scientific representation
  * %#x - hexadecimal with a leading 0x 
  * %s - string

==== ASCII ==

<code c>
char a1 = 'A'; // Compiler will replace 'A' with 65
</code>

If an arithmetic operator has one floating-point operand and one integer operand, however, the integer will be converted to floating point before the operation is done.

==== PRECEDENCE ====

  - !=
  - =

==== LOGICAL OPERATORS ====

  * && - AND
  * || - OR
  * ! - NOT

**True** is anything but 0, e.g.
<code c>
uint8_t a = 4;
uint8_t b = 8;
uint8_t c = 0;

c = a && b; // c == 1
</code>

==== BITWISE OPERATORS ====

  * & - bitwise AND (usually used to test or clear bits)
  * | - bitwise OR (usually used to set bits)
  * ~ - bitwise NOT (unary operator, usually used to clear bits)
  * ^ - XOR (usually used to toggle bits)

<code c>
a = ~c; // bitwise unary NOT
</code>

==== BITWISE SHIFT ===

  * >> - a value will be divided by 2 for each right shift
  * << - a value will be multiplied by 2 for each left shift

Example clearing the 4th bit with a bitwise shift operator and negation:
<code c>
data = data &~(1<<4);
</code>

Example bit extraction for bits [14:9]. The algorithm:
  - Shift the portion to the right, until it touches the LSB
  - Mask the value to extract only 6 bits [5:0]

<code c>
data = data >> 9;
data &=63;
</code>

==== LOOPING ====

WHILE
<code c>
while(expression) // repeat execution of code inside the loop body until expression evaluates to 0
{
    statemen1;
}
</code>