diff --git a/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-01-02.c b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-01-02.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f220ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-01-02.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+int getint(int *p);
+int getfloat(float *p);
+
+/* ungetchar: push char c back to input stream */
+#define ungetchar(c) ungetc(c, stdin)
+
+
+/* tests getfloat, prints input to output, puts valid numbers
+ * in brackets : n -> [n] */
+int main()
+{
+    float x;
+    int r;
+    while ((r = getfloat(&x)) != EOF)
+        if (!r) {
+            int c;
+            putchar(getchar());
+            while (!isdigit(c = getchar()) && c != EOF && c != '-' && c != '+')
+                putchar(c);
+            ungetchar(c);
+        } else
+            printf("[%g]", x);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* we assert that EOF is negative */
+static_assert(EOF < 0, "EOF is not a negative number");
+
+/* ugetint: gets unsigned int from input to n
+ * n must be intialized by caller
+ * takes optional arguments for loop increment
+ * last char read is stored in varvar_c */
+#define ugetint(var_c, n, ...) \
+    do { \
+    for (; isdigit(var_c = getchar()); __VA_ARGS__) \
+        n = 10 * (n) + var_c - '0'; \
+    } while (0)
+
+/* getint : gets int from input and overwrites it to p
+ * returns 1 on valid integer, 0 if no integer is found
+ * and EOF on EOF. */
+int getint(int *p)
+{
+    int c;
+    if ((c = getchar()) == EOF)
+        return EOF;
+
+    /* handle sign */
+    int sign = (c == '-') ? -1 : ((c == '+') ? 1 : 0);
+    if (sign)
+        c = getchar();
+    if (!isdigit(c)) { /* not a number */
+        ungetchar(c);
+        if (sign)
+            ungetchar((sign > 0) ? '+' : '-');
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    *p = c - '0';
+    ugetint(c, *p);
+    ungetchar(c);
+    *p *= (sign) ? sign : 1;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+#define DEC_SEP X('.') X(',')
+#define EXP_SEP X('e') X('E')
+
+/* getfloat : gets float from input and overwrites it to p
+ * returns 1 on valid integer, 0 if no integer is found
+ * and EOF on EOF. */
+int getfloat(float *p)
+{
+    char flag;
+    int n;
+    if ((flag = getint(&n)) < 1) /* not a number */
+        return flag;
+    *p = n;
+
+    int exp, c = getchar();
+    /* fractional part */
+#define X(C) c == C ||
+    if (DEC_SEP 0) {
+        n = exp = 0;
+        ugetint(c, n, exp--);
+        *p += n * pow(10, exp);
+    }
+#undef X
+    /* exponent part */
+#define X(C) c == C || 
+    if ((EXP_SEP 0) && getint(&exp)) {
+        *p *= pow(10, exp);
+    } else
+        ungetchar(c);
+    return 1;
+}
diff --git a/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-03.c b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-03.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f5e146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-03.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+char *strcat(char *s, const char *t);
+char *strcpy(char *t, const char *s);
+size_t strlen(const char *s);
+
+/* passes args to strcat, prints result */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc < 3)
+        return 1;
+    char s[strlen(argv[1]) + strlen(argv[2])];
+    strcat(strcpy(s, argv[1]), argv[2]);
+    printf("%s\n", s);
+}
+
+/* strcat: concat string t to end of string s */
+char *strcat(char *s, const char *t)
+{
+    int slen = strlen(s);
+    return strcpy(s + slen, t) - slen;
+}
+
+/* strcpy: copy string s to t */
+char *strcpy(char *t, const char *s)
+{
+    char *tc = t;
+    while ((*t++ = *s++))
+        ;
+    return tc;
+}
+
+/* strlen: return length of string s (without \0) */
+size_t strlen(const char *s)
+{
+    const char *sc = s;
+    while (*s++)
+        ;
+    return s - sc - 1;
+}
diff --git a/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-04.c b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-04.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f265135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-04.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int strend(const char *s, const char *t);
+
+/* passes args to strend, prints result */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc < 3)
+        return 1;
+    printf("%s\n", (strend(argv[1], argv[2])) ? "true" : "false");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* strend: returns 1 if t == end of s otherwise false */
+int strend(const char *s, const char *t)
+{
+    size_t s_len = strlen(s);
+    size_t t_len = strlen(t);
+    return (s_len >= t_len) && !strcmp(s + s_len - t_len, t);
+}
diff --git a/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-05.c b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-05.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5b11f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k&r/05-pointers-and-arrays/05-05.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char *strncpy(char *t, const char *s, size_t n);
+char *strncat(char *t, const char *s, size_t n);
+int strncmp(const char *s, const char *t, size_t n);
+
+/* strlen: returns string length (w/o '\0') */
+size_t strlen(const char *s)
+{
+    const char * const sc = s;
+    while (*s++)
+        ;
+    return s - sc - 1;
+}
+
+/* takes args s1, s2, n and passes them to the above declared
+ * functions, prints the results */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc < 4)
+        return 1;
+
+    int n = atoi(argv[3]);
+    char s[strlen(argv[1]) + strlen(argv[2]) + 1];
+    /* strncpy */
+    printf("strncpy: %s\n", strncpy(s, argv[1], n));
+    /* strncat */
+    printf("strncat: %s\n", strncat(s, argv[2], n));
+    /* strncmp */
+    int comp = strncmp(argv[1], argv[2], n);
+    printf("strncmp: %.*s ", n, argv[1]);
+    putchar((comp > 0) ? '>' : (comp < 0) ? '<' : '=');
+    printf(" %.*s\n", n, argv[2]);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* strncpy: copies at most n chars from s to t, returns t*/
+char *strncpy(char *t, const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+    char * const tc = t;
+    while (n-- && (*t++ = *s++))
+        ;
+    *t = '\0';
+    return tc;
+}
+
+/* strncat: concats at most n chars of s to t, returns t */ 
+char *strncat(char *t, const char *s, size_t n) 
+{
+    strncpy(t + strlen(t), s, n);
+    return t;
+}
+
+/* strncmp: compares at most n chars of s and t */
+int strncmp(const char *s, const char *t, size_t n)
+{
+    if (!n)
+        return 0;
+    while (--n && *s && (*s == *t))
+        s++, t++;
+    return *s - *t;
+}