JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To learn the fundamentals of computers.
• To understand the various steps in Program development.
• To learn the syntax and semantics of C Programming Language.
• To learn how to write modular and readable C Programs.
• To learn to write programs using structured programming approach in C to solve problems.

Course Outcomes:

• Demonstrate the basic knowledge of computer hardware and software.
• Ability to write algorithms for solving problems.
• Ability to draw flowcharts for solving problems.
• Ability to code a given logic in C programming language.
• Gain knowledge in using C language for solving problems.

UNIT - I

Introduction to Computers – Computer Systems, Computing Environments, Computer Languages, Creating and running programs, Program Development, algorithms and flowcharts , Number systems-Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal and Conversions, storing integers and real numbers. Introduction to C Language – Background, C Programs, Identifiers, Types, Variables, Constants, Input / Output, Operators(Arithmetic, relational, logical, bitwise etc.), Expressions, Precedence and Associativity, Expression Evaluation, Type conversions, Statements- Selection Statements(making decisions) – if and switch statements, Repetition statements ( loops)-while, for, do-while statements, Loop examples, other statements related to looping – break, continue, goto, Simple C Program examples.

UNIT - II

Functions-Designing Structured Programs, Functions, user defined functions, inter function communication, Standard functions, Scope, Storage classes-auto, register, static, extern, scope rules, type qualifiers, recursion- recursive functions, Limitations of recursion, example C programs. Arrays – Concepts, using arrays in C, inter function communication, array applications- linear search, binary search and bubble sort, two – dimensional arrays, multidimensional arrays, C program examples.

UNIT - III

Pointers – Introduction (Basic Concepts), Pointers for inter function communication, pointers to pointers, compatibility, Pointer Applications-Arrays and Pointers, Pointer Arithmetic and arrays, Passing an array to a function, memory allocation functions, array of pointers, programming applications, pointers to void, pointers to functions. Strings – Concepts, C Strings, String Input / Output functions, arrays of strings, string manipulation functions, string / data conversion, C program examples.

UNIT - IV

Enumerated, Structure ,and Union Types– The Type Definition (typedef), Enumerated types, Structures –Declaration, initialization, accessing structures, operations on structures, Complex structures-Nested structures, structures containing arrays, structures containing pointers, arrays of structures, structures and functions, Passing structures through pointers, self referential structures, unions, bit fields, C programming examples, command–line arguments, Preprocessor commands.

UNIT - V

Input and Output – Concept of a file, streams, text files and binary files, Differences between text and binary files, State of a file, Opening and Closing files, file input / output functions (standard library input / output functions for files), file status functions (error handling), Positioning functions (fseek ,rewind and ftell), C program examples.

Text books:

• 1) Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C, B.A. Forouzan and R. F. Gilberg, Third Edition, Cengage Learning.
• 2) Programming in C. P. Dey and M Ghosh , Second Edition, Oxford University Press.

Reference books:

• 1) The C Programming Language, B.W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Second Edition, Pearson education.
• 2) Programming with C, B. Gottfried, 3rd edition, Schaum’s outlines, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt Ltd.
• 3) C From Theory to Practice, G S. Tselikis and N D. Tselikas, CRC Press.
• 4) Basic computation and Programming with C, Subrata Saha and S. Mukherjee, Cambridge University Press.