Find the Bug A Book of Incorrect Programs

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Acknowledgments
3. About the Author
4. Preface
5. Bug Classification
6. Tips on Walking Through Code
   1. Split the Code into Sections with Goals
   2. Identify the Meaning of Each Variable
   3. Look for Known Gotchas
   4. Choose Inputs for Walkthroughs
   5. Walk Through Each Section
   6. Summary
7. C
   1. Brief Summary of C
   2. Selection Sort
   3. Linked List Insertion
   4. Linked List Removal
   5. Memory Copy
   6. Parse a String into Substrings
   7. Memory Allocator
   8. Memory Free
   9. Recursive Word Reversal
   10. Calculate All Possible Routes
   11. Kanji Backspace
8. Python
   1. Brief Summary of Python
   2. Is a Number Prime?
   3. Find a Substring
   4. Alphabetize Words
   5. Encode Strings Using a Character Map
   6. Print the Month and Day
   7. Go Fish, Part I: Draw a Card from a Deck
   8. Go Fish, Part II: Ask if Another Hand Has a Card
   9. Go Fish, Part III: Play a Full Game
   10. Parse Numbers Written in English
   11. Assign Gift Givers
9. Java
   1. Brief Summary of Java
   2. Is a Year a Leap Year?
   3. Convert a Number to Text
   4. Draw a Triangle on the Screen, Part I
   5. Draw a Triangle on the Screen, Part II
   6. Reverse a Linked List
   7. Check if a List Has a Loop
   8. Quicksort
   9. Play the Game Pong, Part I
   10. Play the Game Pong, Part II
   11. Compute Bowling Scores
10. Perl
    1. Brief Summary of Perl
    2. Sort a File by Line Length
    3. Print the Prime Factors of a Number
    4. Tab Expansion
    5. Simple Database
    6. Find Repeating Part of a Fraction
    7. Expand Indented File List to Full Paths
    8. Sort All the Files in a Directory Tree
    9. Calculate Student Test Averages
    10. Merge Sort of Multiple Files
    11. Play the Game Mastermind
11. x86 Assembly Language
    1. Brief Summary of x86 Assembly Language
    2. Make Change for a Dollar
    3. Multiply Two Numbers Using Shifts
    4. Join Strings with a Delimiter
    5. Calculate Fibonacci Numbers
    6. Check if Two Words Are Anagrams
    7. Convert a 64-Bit Number to a Decimal String
    8. Sum a Signed Array
    9. Play the Simulation Game Life
    10. Check if Parentheses Match in Source Code
    11. Radix Exchange Sort
12. Classification of Bugs
    1. Syntax Versus Semantics
    2. Classification Used in This Book
    3. A–Algorithm
    4. D–Data
    5. F–Forgotten
    6. B–Blunder
    7. Summary
13. Index of Bugs by Type
14. References
    1. Classification of Bugs
    2. General Sources for Bug Types
    3. C
    4. Python
    5. Java
    6. Perl
    7. x86 Assembly Language
15. Index