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C standard library

The C standard library, sometimes referred to as libc, is the standard library for the C programming language specified in the ISO C standard. Starting from the original ANSI C standard, it was developed at the same time as the C POSIX library, which is a superset of it.

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Application programming interface (API)

Implementations

Problems and workarounds

Standardization

System libraries that extend the C library

The C standard library in other languages

Comparison to standard libraries of other languages

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C standard library

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C standard library

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related to Standardization · 17
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related to Implementations · 15
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related to POSIX standard library · 11
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related to Compiler built-in functions · 7
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related to C++ · 6
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related to Error handling · 5
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related to Python · 4
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string manipulationinstance oftype definitions and functions for tasks0.80text
mathematical computationinstance oftype definitions and functions for tasks0.80text
input/output processinginstance oftype definitions and functions for tasks0.80text
memory managementinstance oftype definitions and functions for tasks0.80text
and input/outputinstance oftype definitions and functions for tasks0.80text
I/O operationsinstance ofThe original C language provided no built-in functions0.80text
unlike traditional languages such as COBOLinstance ofThe original C language provided no built-in functions0.80text
Fortraninstance ofThe original C language provided no built-in functions0.80text
FreeBSDinstance ofthe basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op…0.80text
NetBSDinstance ofthe basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op…0.80text
OpenBSDinstance ofthe basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op…0.80text
macOSinstance ofthe basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op…0.80text

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