This project is about coding a C library. It will contain a lot of general purpose functions your programs will rely upon.
The projects is divided into three parts:
- First, the development of a
libft.hfile and aMakefilewhere it is mandatory to include the$(NAME),all,clean,fcleanandrerules. It must compile properly, without relinking and output alibft.afile. - Secondly, we must re-develop some libc functions. They must have the same prototypes as the original functions and we must implement the same behaviour as the originals, the exact same way as defined in the
man. It is interesting to use previously coded functions, instead of re-coding constantly the same. - Thirdly, we have to code a series of additional functions, exactly as described by the given subject: the functions in this part are either not in the libc or are part of it but in a different form.
Bonus part:
- Implement to the previously coded
Makefileabonusrule to compile the bonus functions. - Document ourselves about Linked Lists and develop a series of functions related to it as described by the given subject. Bonus part will only be considered if all the other previous functions work as expected.
To learn about the functions we had to re-code, a thorough reading of each function in the man is mandatory. Additionally, it is incredibly useful to compare the output of our code with the original function's output.
Additionally, linked lists' documentation and information came mostly from Harvard CS50's Introduction to Computer Science: Week 5 - Data Structures.
To test the functions it was essential to develop a main.c to then compile with the libft.a file. main.c file will not be uploaded along with the libft since it was not required by the subject.
Enjoy the coding!