C Programming

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COURSE LENGTH: 5 Days

COURSE COST: $2495.00

COURSE TIMES: 9:00am - 4:30pm


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COURSE OVERVIEW

Students will develop the ability to design and write programs in the C programming language.

Programmers new to the ANSI C language Programming skill in a language such as Pascal, COBOL, BASIC, or assembler

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COURSE TOPICS:

Course Objectives

Course Overview

Suggested References

What is C?

Features of C

Why Program in C?

History of C

Current Status and Future

The First Program (hello.c)

How to Compile and Run a C Program

An Arithmetic Program (roof.c)

Execution Flow Control (mph.c)

The for Loop

The for Loop - Diagram

Character I/O

A File Copier Program (cp2.c)

A Character Counter (wc2.c)

A Look at Arrays

Stock Values (stock1.c)

The char Data Type

Strings (Character Arrays)

A String Copy Program (stringcp.c)

A Look at Functions

A Functional Program (func1.c)

A Review of printf()

Fundamental Data Types

Data Type Values and Sizes

Variable Declarations

Variable Names

Constants

Character Constants

String Constants

What are Expressions?

Arithmetic Operators

Relational Operators

Assignment Operator

Expressions Have Resulting Values

True and False

Logical Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators (++

Increment and Decrement Operators:

'Operate-Assign' Operators (+=, *=, ...)

Conditional Expression

Operator Precedence

Precedence and Order of Evaluation

Evaluation of Logical Operators

Type Conversions

The Cast Operator

Bitwise Logical Operators

Statements

if - else

if() - else if()

switch()

while()

do - while()

for()

The for Loop - Diagram

Example: for() Loop

Another Example: for() Loop

The break Statement

The continue Statement

What is a Function?

Example: findbig3()

Why Use Functions?

Anatomy of a Function

Example: find_big_int()

Arguments Passed by Value

Addresses of Arguments Can Be Passed

A Picture of Addresses and Values

When to Use the Return Statement

Returning Non-Integer Values

Functions in Multiple Source Files

A Simple make File

The Concept of Variable Scope

Automatic Variables

Global (External) Variables

Static Variables

External Static Variables

Symbolic Constants

Macro Substitution

File Inclusion

What is a Pointer?

Pointer Operators

Example: Pointers

Why Use Pointers?

Arrays

Arrays (a Picture)

The & Operator

Pointers and Arrays

Pointer Arithmetic

Pointer Arithmetic (a Picture)

Arrays and Pointers

Array Names are Constant Pointers

Passing Arrays to Functions

Initializing Arrays

Pointer Initialization

Command-Line Arguments

Strings and Character Pointers

Arrays of Pointers

Command-Line Arguments

Access Through Pointers

Functions and Pointers

Example: Functions and Pointers

Structures

Comparison of Structures and Arrays

Structure Definitions

Structure Declarations

Structure Parameter Passing by

Reference

Pointers to Structures

Structure Parameter Passing Again

Arrays of Structures

The malloc Routine

File Streams

Predefined Streams

The fprintf Function

The fscanf Function

fscanf() Examples

The fputs and fgets Functions

The fwrite and fread Functions

System I/O