Introduction to C Unit 1
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The document provides an introduction to the C programming language, covering its history, uses, basic concepts, and key functions. It discusses how C was created at Bell Labs to develop the UNIX operating system, its widespread adoption, and importance. The document outlines common C data types, control flow statements like conditionals and loops, functions and their structure, and input/output functions like printf, scanf, gets and puts. It provides examples of basic C programs and how functions, conditionals, and I/O are implemented.
![gets() & puts() functions
The gets() function reads a line from stdin(standard input) into the buffer
pointed to by str pointer, until either a terminating newline or EOF (end of
file) occurs. The puts() function writes the string str and a trailing newline to
stdout.
str → This is the pointer to an array of chars where the C string is stored.
(Ignore if you are not able to understand this now.)
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
/* character array of length 100 */
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Introduction to C Unit 1
- 1. Introduction to ‘C’ (UNIT 1) BY:SURBHI SAROHA
- 2. Syllabus Overview of programming Program control flow Importance of C Structure of C functions Data Types Standard Input-Output functions Conditional statements
- 3. Overview of programming C is a general-purpose, high-level language that was originally developed by Dennis M. Ritchie to develop the UNIX operating system at Bell Labs. C was originally first implemented on the DEC PDP-11 computer in 1972. In 1978, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie produced the first publicly available description of C, now known as the K&R standard. The UNIX operating system, the C compiler, and essentially all UNIX application programs have been written in C. C has now become a widely used professional language for various reasons − Easy to learn Structured language It produces efficient programs It can handle low-level activities It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms
- 4. Facts about C C was invented to write an operating system called UNIX. C is a successor of B language which was introduced around the early 1970s. The language was formalized in 1988 by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI). The UNIX OS was totally written in C. Today C is the most widely used and popular System Programming Language. Most of the state-of-the-art software have been implemented using C. Today's most popular Linux OS and RDBMS MySQL have been written in C.
- 5. Program control flow Control statements enable us to specify the flow of program control; ie, the order in which the instructions in a program must be executed. They make it possible to make decisions, to perform tasks repeatedly or to jump from one section of code to another. There are four types of control statements in C: Decision making statements Selection statements Iteration statements Jump statements
- 6. Importance of C As a middle-level language, C combines the features of both high-level and low-level languages. It can be used for low-level programming, such as scripting for drivers and kernels and it also supports functions of high-level programming languages, such as scripting for software applications etc. C is a structured programming language which allows a complex program to be broken into simpler programs called functions. It also allows free movement of data across these functions. Various features of C including direct access to machine level hardware APIs, the presence of C compilers, deterministic resource use and dynamic memory allocation make C language an optimum choice for scripting applications and drivers of embedded systems. C language is case-sensitive which means lowercase and uppercase letters are treated differently.
- 7. Cont…. C is highly portable and is used for scripting system applications which form a major part of Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating system. C is a general-purpose programming language and can efficiently work on enterprise applications, games, graphics, and applications requiring calculations, etc. C language has a rich library which provides a number of built-in functions. It also offers dynamic memory allocation. C implements algorithms and data structures swiftly, facilitating faster computations in programs. This has enabled the use of C in applications requiring higher degrees of calculations like MATLAB and Mathematica.Riding on these advantages, C became dominant and spread quickly beyond Bell Labs replacing many well-known languages of that time, such as ALGOL, B, PL/I, FORTRAN, etc. C language has become available on a very wide range of platforms, from embedded microcontrollers to supercomputers.
- 8. Structure of C functions A function is a group of statements that together perform a task. Every C program has at least one function, which is main(), and all the most trivial programs can define additional functions. You can divide up your code into separate functions. How you divide up your code among different functions is up to you, but logically the division is such that each function performs a specific task. A function declaration tells the compiler about a function's name, return type, and parameters. A function definition provides the actual body of the function. The C standard library provides numerous built-in functions that your program can call. For example, strcat() to concatenate two strings, memcpy() to copy one memory location to another location, and many more functions. A function can also be referred as a method or a sub-routine or a procedure, etc.
- 9. Defining a Function The general form of a function definition in C programming language is as follows − return_type function_name( parameter list ) { body of the function } A function definition in C programming consists of a function header and a function body. Here are all the parts of a function − Return Type − A function may return a value. The return_type is the data type of the value the function returns. Some functions perform the desired operations without returning a value. In this case, the return_type is the keyword void. Function Name − This is the actual name of the function. The function name and the parameter list together constitute the function signature.
- 10. Cont…. Parameters − A parameter is like a placeholder. When a function is invoked, you pass a value to the parameter. This value is referred to as actual parameter or argument. The parameter list refers to the type, order, and number of the parameters of a function. Parameters are optional; that is, a function may contain no parameters. Function Body − The function body contains a collection of statements that define what the function does.
- 11. Example Given below is the source code for a function called max(). This function takes two parameters num1 and num2 and returns the maximum value between the two − /* function returning the max between two numbers */ int max(int num1, int num2) { /* local variable declaration */ int result; if (num1 > num2) result = num1; else result = num2; return result; }
- 12. Data Types A data type specifies the type of data that a variable can store such as integer, floating, character, etc.
- 13. There are the following data types in C language Types Data Types Basic Data Type int, char, float, double Derived Data Type array, pointer, structure, union Enumeration Data Type enum Void Data Type void
- 14. Following are the examples of some very common data types used in C: char: The most basic data type in C. It stores a single character and requires a single byte of memory in almost all compilers. int: As the name suggests, an int variable is used to store an integer. float: It is used to store decimal numbers (numbers with floating point value) with single precision. double: It is used to store decimal numbers (numbers with floating point value) with double precision.
- 15. Standard Input-Output functions Input means to provide the program with some data to be used in the program and Output means to display data on screen or write the data to a printer or a file. C programming language provides many built-in functions to read any given input and to display data on screen when there is a need to output the result. Before moving forward with input and output in C language, check these topics out to understand the concept better : Data Types in C Variables in C Function in C
- 16. scanf() and printf() functions The standard input-output header file, named stdio.h contains the definition of the functions printf() and scanf(), which are used to display output on screen and to take input from user respectively. #include<stdio.h> void main() { // defining a variable int i; /* displaying message on the screen asking the user to input a value */
- 17. Cont…. printf("Please enter a value..."); /* reading the value entered by the user */ scanf("%d", &i); /* displaying the number as output */ printf( "nYou entered: %d", i); }
- 18. Cont…. Format String Meaning %d Scan or print an integer as signed decimal number %f Scan or print a floating point number %c To scan or print a character %s To scan or print a character string. The scanning ends at whitespace.
- 19. getchar() & putchar() functions The getchar() function reads a character from the terminal and returns it as an integer. This function reads only single character at a time. You can use this method in a loop in case you want to read more than one character. The putchar() function displays the character passed to it on the screen and returns the same character. This function too displays only a single character at a time. In case you want to display more than one characters, use putchar() method in a loop.
- 20. EXAMPLE #include <stdio.h> void main( ) { int c; printf("Enter a character"); /* Take a character as input and store it in variable c */
- 21. Cont… c = getchar(); /* display the character stored in variable c */ putchar(c); }
- 22. gets() & puts() functions The gets() function reads a line from stdin(standard input) into the buffer pointed to by str pointer, until either a terminating newline or EOF (end of file) occurs. The puts() function writes the string str and a trailing newline to stdout. str → This is the pointer to an array of chars where the C string is stored. (Ignore if you are not able to understand this now.) #include<stdio.h> void main() { /* character array of length 100 */ char str[100];
- 23. Cont…. printf("Enter a string"); gets( str ); puts( str ); getch(); }
- 24. Conditional statements Conditional Statements in C programming are used to make decisions based on the conditions. Conditional statements execute sequentially when there is no condition around the statements. If you put some condition for a block of statements, the execution flow may change based on the result evaluated by the condition. This process is called decision making in 'C.‘ In 'C' programming conditional statements are possible with the help of the following two constructs: 1. If statement 2. If-else statement
- 25. Cont…. If statement It is one of the powerful conditional statement. If statement is responsible for modifying the flow of execution of a program. If statement is always used with a condition. The condition is evaluated first before executing any statement inside the body of If. The syntax for if statement is as follows: if (condition) instruction; The condition evaluates to either true or false. True is always a non-zero value, and false is a value that contains zero. Instructions can be a single instruction or a code block enclosed by curly braces { }.
- 26. EXAMPLE #include<stdio.h> int main() { int num1=1; int num2=2; if(num1<num2) //test-condition { printf("num1 is smaller than num2"); } return 0; }
- 27. OUTPUT num1 is smaller than num2
- 29. The general form of if-else is as follows: if (test-expression) { True block of statements } Else { False block of statements } Statements;
- 30. EXAMPLE #include<stdio.h> int main() { int num=19; if(num<10) { printf("The value is less than 10"); } else { printf("The value is greater than 10"); } return 0; }
- 31. OUTPUT The value is greater than 10
- 32. THANK YOU