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    Lesson 1: Introduction To C Programming

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    This document provides an introduction to the C programming language. It discusses that C was created in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs, and was intended for system programming and developing operating systems like UNIX. C is a high-level language that is portable, efficient, and allows for direct hardware manipulation with features like pointers. The structure of a basic C program is explained, including header files, function declarations, the main function, and user-defined functions. Common preprocessor directives like file inclusion and macro definition are also outlined. Examples of simple C programs are provided.

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    This document provides an introduction to the C programming language. It discusses that C was created in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs, and was intended for system programming and developing operating systems like UNIX. C is a high-level language that is portable, efficient, and allows for direct hardware manipulation with features like pointers. The structure of a basic C program is explained, including header files, function declarations, the main function, and user-defined functions. Common preprocessor directives like file inclusion and macro definition are also outlined. Examples of simple C programs are provided.

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    LESSON 1

    Introduction to C Programming

    Background
    High-level
    1972

    - Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Lab


    Intended for system programming
    UNIX
    C B (1970, Ken Thompson) BCPL (1967, Martin
    Richards)

    C++
    Standard ANSI C
    Institute)

    (American National Standard

    Why C ??

    Portable
    PCs to mainframes
    Speed
    Intended used for developing OS
    Efficient, compact & direct manipulations
    Directly manipulate bits, bytes, words, pointers
    High-level features
    Structure methodology
    Flexible
    Many types of programming purposes
    Run-time error checking
    Array-boundary check, argument-type compatibility

    Structure of C Program

    (1)

    header file declaration


    constant value declaration
    function declaration
    global variable declaration list and initialization

    main ()
    {
    local variable declaration list and initialization
    statement 1;
    .
    .
    .
    statement n;
    return 0;
    }
    user defined function(s)

    Structure of C program

    (2)

    Where user defined function structure:


    function header
    {
    local data declaration list and initialization
    statement 1;
    .
    .
    .
    statement n;
    [return value;] /*optional*/
    }

    Preprocessor Directives
    Always

    begin with the pound sign #


    Commands to C preprocessor
    Two most common directives:

    File Inclusion

    Copy of the specified file to be inserted


    #include <file.h> or #include file.h

    Macro definition & substitution

    Define macro subsequent occurrences of


    the macro name are replaced by text
    #define MAX_SIZE 100
    #define sqr(x) ((x)*(x))

    Simple C Program 1

    Simple C Program 2

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