C Programming (CSC115)

Course Description:

This course covers the concepts of structured programming using C programming language.

Course Objective:

This course is designed to familiarize students to the techniques of programming in C.


1.

Problem Solving with Computer

Problem analysis, Algorithms and Flowchart, Coding, Compilation and Execution, History of C, Structure of C program, Debugging, Testing and Documentation

2.

Elements of C

C Standards( ANSI C and C99), C Character Set, C Tokens, Escape sequence, Delimiters, Variables, Data types (Basic, Derived, and User Defined), Structure of a C program, Executing a C program, Constants/ Literals, Expressions, Statements and Comments.

3.

Input and Output

Conversion specification, Reading a character, Writing a character, I/O operations, Formatted I/O

4.

Operators and Expression

Arithmetic operator, Relational operator, Logical or Boolean operator, Assignment Operator, Ternary operator, Bitwise operator, Increment or Decrement operator, Conditional operator, Special Operators(sizeof and comma), Evaluation of Expression, Operator Precedence and Associativity.

5.

Control Statement

Conditional Statements, Decision Making and Branching, Decision Making and Looping, Exit function, Break and Continue.

6.

Arrays

Introduction to Array, Types of Array (Single Dimensional and Multidimensional), Declaration and Memory Representation of Array, Initialization of array, Character Array and Strings, Reading and Writing Strings, Null Character, String Library Functions( string length, string copy, string concatenation, string compare)

7.

Functions

Library Functions, User defined functions, Funciton prototype, Function call, and Function Definition, Nested and Recursive Function, Function Arguments and Return Types, Passing 4 Arrays to Function, Passing Strings to Function, Passing Arguments by Value, Passing Arguments by Address, Scope visibility and lifetime of a variable, Local and Global Variable

8.

Structure and Union

Introduction, Array of structure, Passing structure to function, Passing array of structure to function, Structure within structure ( Nested Structure), Union, Pointer to structure

9.

Pointers

Introduction, The & and * operator, Declaration of pointer, Chain of Pointers, Pointer Arithmetic, Pointers and Arrays, Pointers and Character Strings, Array of Pointers, Pointers as Function Arguments, Function Returning pointers, Pointers and Structures, Dynamic Memory Allocation

10.

File Handling in C

Concept of File, Opening and closing of File, Input Output Operations in File, Random access in File, Error Handling in Files

11.

Introduction to Graphics

Concepts of Graphics, Graphics Initialization and Modes, Graphics Function