OBJECTIVES:

• To learn basics of C programming language.

• To be able to develop logics to create programs/ applications in C.

Unit-1

Introduction:Introduction to Programming Language, Introduction to C Programming,

Keywords & Identifiers, Constants, Variables, Input and Output Operations, Compilation and

pre-processing, Data types: Different data types, Data types qualifier, modifiers, Memory

representation, size and range, Operators: Operators (Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, Bitwise,

Assignment & compound assignment, Increment & Decrement, Conditional),Operator

types(unary, binary,ternary). Expressions, Order of expression (Precedence and associativity)

Control structures: Decision Making and Branching (Simple IF Statement, IF…ELSE

Statement, Nesting IF… ELSE Statement, ELSE IF Ladder), Selection control structure (Switch

Statement).

Unit-2

Loops: The WHILE Statement, The DO…WHILE Statement, The FOR Statement, Jumps in

Loops, Array: Concept of Array, Array Declaration,types of array(one and multiple dimension),

Character Arrays and Strings, Subscript and pointer representation of array, Array of Pointers,

Limitation of array, Pointers: Concept of Pointer (null pointer, wild pointer, dangling pointer,

generic pointer), Pointer Expressions, Accessing the Address of a Variable, Declaring Pointer

Variables, Initializations of Pointer Variable, Accessing a Variable through its Pointer, Pointer

arithmetic.

Unit-3

Storage class: Types (auto,register,static,extern), scope rules, declaration and definition.

Function: Function & types (User defined function, library function) Function Definition,

Declaration, Function Calls, Header file and library, Function Arguments,string handling

function (strlen,strcmp,strcpy,strncpy,strcat,strstr),Function recursion, Functions Returning

Pointers, Pointers to Functions, Command line arguments, Application of pointer(dynamic

memory allocation).

Unit-4

Structure and Union: Defining, Declaring, Accessing, Initialization Structure, nested structure,

self-referential structure, bit-field, Arrays of Structures, Structures and Functions, Unions,

difference between structure and union, active data member, structure within union, Self-

referential Structure,File: File Management in C, Defining and Opening a File, File opening

modes(read,write,append), Closing a File, File operations, file and stream, Error Handling

During I/O Operations, sequential and random access file,low level and high level file.