Overview of the library

- [Instructor] The C Standard Library API is distributed in several header files. It has macro type and function definitions for a wide variety of applications. All of this material is distributed in more than 25 header files. Since my objective is to get you acquainted with the library, we will only cover some of those header files and just part of their contents. Let's take a look at some of these header files. <stdint.h> contains definitions and constants related to different types of integer numbers.

<stdio.h> contains functions for handling files and input/output streams. <stdlib.h> contains a variety of utility functions like memory management, string conversion and random number generation. <string.h> not surprisingly, provides string handling functions. <math.h> contains popular mathematical operations like trigonometric and explanation functions. <stdbool.h> implements the boolean type, which was not originally a built in type in the C programming language.

<stdarg.h> allows the programmer to create functions with a variatic set of parameters. That is like print F which accepts as many arguments as needed. <stdatomic.h> implements atomic operations which are required in concurrent execution environments like multi-processor or multi-threading systems. <threads.h> provides the means necessary to implement multi-threading. And <assert.h> enables the programmer to implement assertions which are arrow detecting constructs.

This list is by no means complete and I encourage you to always consult a formal reference like https://en.cppreference.com for the specifics.