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Monday April 29th, 2024
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C Programming
Outline
Data Types & Operators
- Constants
- Variable names
- Data types & sizes
- Declarations
- Operators & expressions
Control Flow
- Statements & blocks
- Decision statements
- Loops
- 'Break' & 'Continue' statements
Functions & variables
- Declaring functions
- Using functions
- Scope and lifetime of variables
- Initialisation
Arrays & structures
- Declaring & accessing arrays
- Passing arrays to functions
- Multi-dimensional arrays
- Declaring & accessing structures
Pointers
- Pointers & addresses
- Pointers to structures
- Pointers as function arguments
- Pointers & arrays
- Address arithmetic
- Pointers to pointers
- Command-line arguments
- Dynamic memory allocation
- Function pointers
- Pointers vs. multi-dimensional arrays
I/O
- Formatted output
- Formatted input
- File handling
- Error handling
Program Structure
- Using multiple source files
- Scope & visibility
- Typedefs
- Complex declarations
- Linking
The C Pre-processor
- Declaring constants
- Using header files
- Conditional compilation
- Declaring & using macros
Low-level operations
- Type conversion
- Bitwise operations
- Bit fields
- Declaring & accessing unions
- Variable-length argument lists
Overview
C is the most portable programming language available. C programs utilising standard library functions can be compiled and run on Unix, Windows, Linux and many other platforms.
C is not object-oriented, but it combines the features of modern, high-level structured languages with a small size and the flexibility of low-level access that usually requires assembly-language programming.
This course covers all the features of ANSI C and much of the standard library. Participants acquire hands-on experience of the language by working through a wide selection of exercises.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Write, compile and execute ANSI C programs
- Apply C's high-level structured programming features
- Use arrays, pointers, structures and unions
- Use dynamic memory allocation and other low-level techniques
- Access platform-provided services via the standard library
Audience
This course is aimed primarily at applications programmers and system programmers and engineers who are interested in C program development. Analysts and managers will also find it useful.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge is assumed on this course. It is suitable for beginners and experienced programmers alike.
