Computer Programming: C For Statistics

C for Statistics
Computer Programming
Computer programming is a process of formulating a computing problem to executable
computer programs. Programming involves activities such as analysis, generating algorithms
and implementation of algorithms in a target programming language.
Programming Language
A ‘Programming Language’ is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can
be used to produce various kinds of output. Programming languages generally consist of
instructions for a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that
implement specific algorithms.
Basically, programming languages can be divided into the following two categories
according to how the computer understands them.
1. Low-level language
2. High-level language
Low-level language
Low-level computer languages are either machine languages or languages very close them. A
computer cannot understand instructions given to it in high-level languages or in English. It
can only understand and execute instructions given in the form of machine language i.e.
binary (0 and 1). There are two types of low-level languages:
1. Machine Language
2. Assembly Language
Machine Language
Machine language is the lowest and most elementary level of programming language.
Machine language is basically the only language that a computer can understand. In fact, a
manufacturer designs a computer to obey just one language, its machine language, which is
represented inside the computer by a string of binary digits (bits) 0 and 1. The symbol 0
stands for the absence of an electric pulse and the 1 stands for the presence of an electric
pulse. Since a computer is capable of recognizing electric signals, it understands machine
language.
Advantages Disadvantages
1. Machine language makes fast and 1. All operation codes have to be
efficient use of the computer. remembered
2. It requires no translator to translate the
2. All memory addresses have to be
code. It is directly understood by the
remembered.
computer.
3. It is hard to find errors in a program
written in the machine language.
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Assembly Language
Assembly language is a modified version of machine language in which instructions are
given in the form of alphanumeric symbols like ADD, SUM, MOV etc. instead of 0’s and l’s.
Because of this feature, assembly language is also known as ‘Symbolic Programming
Language.' This language is also very difficult and needs a lot of practice to master it because
there is only a little English support in this language. The instructions of the assembly
language are converted to machine codes by a language translator (known as ‘Assembler’)
and then they are executed by the computer.
1. Assembly language is easier to understand 1. Like machine language, it is also machine
and use as compared to machine language. dependent/specific.
2. Since it is machine dependent, the
2. It is easy to locate and correct errors. programmer also needs to understand the
hardware.
3. It is easy to modify.
High-Level Language
High-level computer languages use formats that are similar to English. The purpose of
developing high-level languages was to enable people to write programs easily in their own
native language environment (English). High-level languages are basically symbolic
languages that use English words and mathematical symbols rather than alphanumeric
symbols. Each instruction in the high-level language is translated into many machine
language instructions by a high-level language translator (‘Compiler’ or ‘Interpreter’).
1. A high-level language has to be translated
1. High-level languages are user-friendly. into the machine language by a translator,
which takes up time.
2. They are similar to English and use 2. The object code generated by a translator
English vocabulary and well-known might be inefficient compared to an
symbols. equivalent assembly language program.
3. They are easier to learn.
4. They are easier to maintain.
5. They are problem-oriented rather than
machine based.
6. A program written in a high-level
language can be translated into many
machine languages and can run on any
computer for which there exists an
appropriate Compiler / Interpreter.
Types of High-Level Languages

Many High-level computer languages have been developed for achieving a variety of
different tasks. Some are fairly specialized, and others are quite general. These languages,
categorized according to their use, are:
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1. Algebraic Formula-Type Processing: These languages are oriented towards the
computational procedures for solving mathematical and statistical problems. Some
examples include:
 BASIC (Full name is “Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code”)
 FORTRAN (Full name is “Formula Translation”)
 ALGOL (Full name is “Algorithmic Language”)
 APL (Full name is “A Programming Language”)
2. Business Data Processing: These languages emphasize their capabilities for
maintaining data processing procedures and files handling problems. Examples are:
 COBOL (Full name is “Common Business Oriented Language”)
 RPG (Full name is “Report Program Generator”)
3. Multipurpose Language: These languages are useful for algebraic procedures, data
processing, string processing and web development. Examples are:
 C
 C++
 Java
 JavaScript (It is the main client-side web development language for all modern
web-browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera,
etc.)
 PERL (Full name is “Practical Extraction and Reporting Language”. Suitable
for server-side web development and string parsing.)
 Pascal (After the name of French philosopher and mathematician Blaise
Pascal).
 PHP (Full name is “Personal Home Page”. Suitable for server-side web
development.)
 Python (Python's name is derived from the British comedy group “Monty
Python”, whom Python creator Guido van Rossum enjoyed while developing
the language.)
 Ruby (This name is taken from the name of the gemstone ruby)
Compiler
Compiler is a computer program that translates code written in a high-level programming
language (like C, C++, JavaScript or Java) into low-level code directly executable by the
computer or another program such as a virtual machine.
For example, the Java compiler converts Java code to Java Bytecode executable by the JVM
(Java Virtual Machine). Other examples are V8, the JavaScript engine from Google Chrome
which converts JavaScript code to machine code or GCC which can convert code written in
programming languages C and C++ to native machine code.
Interpreter
An interpreter is a special kind of program for the conversion of a high-level program
statement into machine code just before the program statement is to be executed. During each
conversion, the interpreter converts the source code into an intermediate code before
processing it into the machine for the generation of machine code. Each part of the code is

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interpreted line by line and then executed separately in a sequential manner. So, if an error is
found in any part of the code, the interpreter will stop the interpretation without converting
the next set of codes.
As interpreters check the source code line by line, translation and execution occurs
immediately one statement at a time. As a result, they are 2 to 10 times slower than
compilers. But this very disadvantage makes interpreters easier to user, especially for
beginners; errors once found are immediately displayed and corrected by the user, before the
program is executed.
C Language
C Programming is an ANSI/ISO standard and powerful programming language for
developing real time applications. C programming language was invented by Dennis Ritchie
at the Bell Laboratories in 1972. It was invented for implementing UNIX operating system. C
is most widely used programming language even today. C programming is considered as the
base for other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother language.
It can be defined by following ways:
1. C as a mother language: C language is considered as the mother language of all the

modern languages because most of the compilers, Java virtual machines, Kernel of
operating systems, etc. are written in C language and most of languages follows C
syntax e.g. C++, Java etc. It provides the core concepts like array, functions, file
handling etc. that is being used in many languages like C++, Java, C# etc.
2. C as a system programming language: A system programming language is used to
create system softwares. C language is a system programming language because it can
be used to do low level programming (e.g. Driver and Kernel). It is generally used to
create hardware devices, OS, Drivers, Kernels etc. For example, Linux Kernel is
written in C. It can't be used directly in internet programming like Java, .net, PHP,
PERL, etc.
3. C as a procedural language: A procedure is known as function, method, routine,
subroutine etc. A procedural language specifies a series of steps or procedures for the
program to solve the problem. A procedural language breaks the program into
functions, data structures etc. C is a procedural language. In C, variables and function
prototypes must be declared before being used.
4. C as a structured programming language: A structured programming language is a
subset of procedural language. Structure means to break a program into parts or
blocks so that it may be easy to understand. In C language, we break the program into
parts using functions. It makes the program easier to understand and modify.
5. C as a mid-level programming language: C is considered as a middle-level
language because it supports the feature of both low-level and high-level language. C
language program is converted into assembly code, supports pointer arithmetic
(features of low-level), but it is machine independent (feature of high-level).

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The History of the C Language
The C programming language was devised in the early 1970s by Dennis M. Ritchie, an
employee from Bell Labs.
In the 1960s Ritchie worked, with several other employees of Bell Labs, on a project called
Multics. The goal of the project was to develop an operating system for a large computer that
could be used by a thousand users. In 1969 Bell Labs withdrew the project, because the
project could not produce an economically useful system. So the employees of Bell Labs had
to search for another project to work on (mainly Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson). At
that time a complete Operating System known as UNIX was born. The whole system was
written in assembly code. Besides Assembler and Fortran, UNIX also had an interpreter for
the programming language B which was developed in 1969-70 by Ken Thompson based on
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language).
In the early days computer code was written in assembly code. To perform a specific task,
one had to write many pages of code. A high-level language like B made it possible to write
the same task in just a few lines of code. So the language B was used for further development
of the UNIX system because of its efficient and faster coding techniques.
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
A drawback of the B language was the absence of data-types. The lack of this thing formed
the reason for Dennis M. Ritchie to develop the programming language C. So in 1971-73
Dennis M. Ritchie turned the B language into the C language, keeping most of the language B
syntax while adding data-types and many other changes. The C language had a powerful mix
of high-level functionality and the detailed features required to program an Operating
System. Therefore many of the UNIX components were eventually rewritten in C (the UNIX
kernel itself was rewritten in 1973).
The programming language C was written down, by Kernighan and Ritchie, in their classic
book “The C Programming Language, 1st edition”. For years this book was the standard on
the language C. In 1983 a committee was formed by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) to develop a modern definition for the programming language C. In 1988
they delivered the final standard definition ANSI C. (The standard was based on the book
from “The C Programming Language, 1st edition”). The standard ANSI C made little
changes on the original design of the C language. (They had to make sure that old programs
still worked with the new standard). Later on, the ANSI C standard was adopted by the

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International Standards Organization (ISO). The correct term should therefore be ISO C, but
everybody still calls it ANSI C.
C Programs & Compilers

A C program can vary from 3 lines to millions of lines and it should be written into one or
more text files with extension ".c"; for example, hello.c. We can use any text editor (like
Notepad, gedit, vi, etc.) to write our C program ie. “C source code” into a file.
The source code written in text file is the human readable source for our program. It needs to
be "compiled" into machine language so that our CPU can actually execute the program as
per the instructions given. A compiler compiles the source codes into final executable
programs. A list of most frequently used C compilers are given below:
Name Author Supporting OS License type

MS Windows, Unix,
GCC C/C++ GNU Project GPL
Linux, Solaries, Mac
(Borland) Turbo Embarcadero
MS Windows Proprietary
C/C++ Technologies
Visual C++ Microsoft MS Windows Freeware
Digital Mars C/C++ Digital Mars MS Windows Proprietary
Proprietary
Intel C/C++ MS Windows, Linux, (Freeware for most
Intel
Compiler Mac non-commercial
applications)
Xcode Apple Mac Freeware
C Program Structure
A C program basically consists of the following parts:
 Preprocessor Commands
 Functions
 Variables
 Statements & Expressions
 Comments
Let us look at a simple code that would print the words "Hello, World":
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
/* my first program in C */
printf("Hello, World");
return 0;
}

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Let us take a look at the various parts of the above program:
 The first line of the program #include <stdio.h> is a preprocessor command,
which tells a C compiler to include stdio.h file before going to actual compilation.
 The next line int main() is the main function where the program execution begins.
 The next line /*...*/ will be ignored by the compiler and it has been put to add
additional comments in the program. So such lines are called comments in the
program.
 The next line printf(...) is another function available in C which causes the
message "Hello, World" to be displayed on the screen.
 The next line return 0 terminates the main() function and returns the value 0.
Basic Syntax
Almost every program we write on a computer has different type of format. That format is
called as Syntax. A syntax is a set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure
of a program in any given computer language.
Now let us look at the basic syntax of c programming.
 Tokens: A smallest individual unit in C program is known as C Token. Tokens are

either keywords, identifiers, constants, variables or any symbol which has some
meaning in C language. A C program can also be called as a collection of various
tokens. Let us consider the following statement:
printf("Hello, World");
The tokens in this statement are printf, (, "Hello,World", ) and ;
So C tokens are basically the building blocks of a C program.
 Semicolons: In a C program, the semicolon is used to mark the end of a statement and
beginning of another statement. Absence of semicolon at the end of any statement will
mislead the compiler to think that this statement is not yet finished and it will add the
next consecutive statement after it, which may lead to compilation (syntax) error.
 Comments: Comments are plain simple text in C programs that are not compiled by
the compiler. We write comments for better understanding of the program. Though
writing comments is not compulsory, but it is recommended to make our program
more descriptive. It makes the code more readable.
There are two ways in which we can write comments.

1. Using //: This is used to write a single line comment.
2. Using /* */: The statements enclosed within /* and */, are used to write
multiline comments.
It should be noted that we cannot have comments within comments and they do not
occur within a string.

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 Identifiers: In C language, identifiers are the names given to variables, constants,
functions and user-define data. These identifiers are defined against a set of rules
given below.
1. An Identifier can only have alphanumeric characters (a-z , A-Z , 0-9) and
underscore ( _ ).
2. The first character of an identifier can only contain alphabet (a-z , A-Z) or
underscore ( _ ).
3. Identifiers are also case sensitive in C. For example ‘mean’ and ‘Mean’ are
two different identifiers in C.
4. Keywords are not allowed to be used as identifiers.
5. No special characters, such as semicolon, whitespaces, slash, comma, @, $, #,
%, etc. are permitted to be used as identifier.
 Keywords: Keywords are preserved words that have special meaning in C language.
The meaning of C language keywords has already been described to the C compiler.
These meaning cannot be changed. Thus, keywords cannot be used as variable names
because that would try to change the existing meaning of the keyword, which is not
allowed. There are total 32 keywords in C language.
auto break case const char continue default do

double else enum extern float for goto if
int long register return short signed sizeof static
struct switch typedef union unsigned volatile void while
Data Types in C
In C programming, variables and functions should be declared before it can be used. Each
variable and function in C has an associated data type. Data types simply refer to the type and
size of data associated with variables and functions. Different data types have different ranges
upto which they can store numbers. These ranges may vary from compiler to compiler.
C language supports three different types of data types:
1. Primary data types: These are fundamental data types in C.

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Details of primary data types along with their ranges, memory requirement and format
specifiers in a 32 bit gcc compiler are given below:
Memory Format
Data Type Range Description
(in bytes) Specifier
The most basic data
type in C. It stores a
single character and
char 1 -128 to 127 %c
requires a single byte of
memory in almost all
compilers.
unsigned char 1 0 to 255 %c
short int 2 -32,768 to 32,767 %hd
unsigned short
2 0 to 65,535 %hu
int
-2,147,483,648 to As the name suggests,
int 4 2,147,483,647 %d an int variable is used to
ie. -(2^31) to (2^31)-1 store an integer.
unsigned int 4 0 to 4,294,967,295 %u
-2,147,483,648 to
long int 4 2,147,483,647 %ld
ie. -(2^31) to (2^31)-1
unsigned long 0 to 4,294,967,295
4 %lu
int ie. 0 to (2^32)-1
−9,223,372,036,854,775,807
to
long long int 8 %lld
9,223,372,036,854,775,807
ie. -(2^63) to (2^63)-1
0 to
unsigned long
8 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 %llu
long int
ie. 0 to (2^64)-1
%f, %g, It is used to store
float 4 1.18E-38 to 3.4E+38 %G, %e, decimal numbers with 6
%E digits of precision.
%lf, %lg, It is used to store
double 8 2.23E-308 to 1.79E+308 %lG, %le, decimal numbers with
%lE 15 digits of precision.
%Lf, %Lg, It is used to store
long double 12 3.4E-4932 to 1.1E+4932 %LG, %Le, decimal numbers with
%LE 18 digits of precision.
The void type specifies
that no value is
void available. This can be
used in functions and
pointers.

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2. Derived data types: Data types that are derived from fundamental data types are
called derived data types. Derived data types don't create a new data type but,instead
they add some functionality to the basic data types. In C, two derived data type are :
Array & Pointer.
 Array: An array is a collection of variables of same type. They are stored in
contagious memory allocation. For example: int a[10]; float b[20];
etc.
 Pointer: A pointer is a special variable that holds a memory address (location
in memory) of another variable. For example: int i = 10; int *j; j =
&i;
3. User defined data types: The user defined data types enable a programmer to invent
his own data types and define what values it can take on. C supports two types of user
defined data types:
 Structures: A structure is a collection of variables, constants and arrays of
various data types. The main difference between an array and a structure is
that the members of a structure are of different types. This offers excellent
flexibility when working with structures. Now, consider the following
example:
#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct student_records

{
char *name;
int age;
float weight;
float height;
} student;
int main()
{
student x;
x.name = "Mr. X";

x.age = 22;
x.weight = 56.6;
x.height = 5.4;
return 0;
}
Here we define a structure named student with four variables name, age,
weight & height. In the main function we create a variable x of type student
and assign values to its all member variables.
 Unions: A union is a special data type available in C that allows storing

different data types in the same memory location. We can define a union with
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many members, but only one member can contain a value at any given time.
Unions provide an efficient way of using the same memory location for
multiple-purpose. The following example shows how to use unions in a
program.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
union Data {
int i;
float f;
char str[20];
};
int main()
{
union Data data;
data.i = 10;
printf( "Memory size occupied by data : %d\n", sizeof(data));
printf( "\ndata.i (before assigning data.f) : %d\n", data.i);
data.f = 220.5;
printf( "\ndata.i (after assigning data.f): %d\n", data.i);

printf( "data.f (before assigning data.str): %f\n", data.f);
/* Assigning the string "C Programming" to data.str */

strcpy(data.str, "C Programming");
printf( "\ndata.i (after assigning data.str): %d\n", data.i);

printf( "data.f (after assigning data.str): %f\n", data.f);
printf( "data.str : %s\n", data.str);
return 0;
}
Output
Memory size occupied by data : 20
data.i (before assigning data.f) : 10
data.i (after assigning data.f): 1130135552

data.f (before assigning data.str): 220.500000
data.i (after assigning data.str): 1917853763

data.f (after assigning data.str): 4122360580327794900000000000000.000000
data.str : C Programming
Here, we can see that the values of data.i got corrupted after assigning values
to data.f. Similarly both the values of data.i and data.f got corrupted after the
assignment of string “C Programming” to data.str.

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Difference between Structure and Union in C
Structure Union
Keyword struct defines a structure. Keyword union defines a union.
When a variable is associated with a When a variable is associated with a union,
structure, the compiler allocates the the compiler allocates the memory by
memory for each member. The size considering the size of the largest memory.
of structure is greater than or equal to So, size of union is equal to size of largest
the sum of sizes of its members. member.
Each member within a structure is
Memory allocated is shared by individual
assigned unique storage area of
members of union.
location.
Altering the value of member will
Altering the value of any of the member will
not affect other members of the
alter other member values.
structure.
All member can be accessed at a
Only one member can be accessed at a time.
time.
Qualifiers in C
Qualifiers in C alters the meaning of base data types to yield a new data type. Different types
of qualifiers are as follows:
 Size qualifiers: Size qualifiers alter the size of a basic data type. There are two size
qualifiers, long and short. For example:
1. long double x; Here size of double is 8 bytes. However, when long
keyword is used, that variable becomes 12 bytes.
2. short int x; Here size of int is 4 bytes. However, when short keyword is
used, that variable becomes 2 bytes.
However we can’t use these qualifiers with all data types.
 Sign qualifiers: Integers and floating point variables can hold both negative and
positive values. However, if a variable needs to hold positive value only, unsigned
qualifier is used. For example: unsigned int x; There is another qualifier
signed which can hold both negative and positive value. However, it is not
necessary to define variable signed since a variable is signed by default. It is
important to note that, sign qualifiers can be applied to int and char types only.
 Constant qualifiers: A variable can be declared as a constant. To do so const

keyword is used. For example: const int x = 20; The value of cost cannot be
changed in the program.
 Volatile qualifiers: A variable should be declared volatile whenever its value can
be changed by some external sources outside the program.

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 Static qualifiers: If we qualify a variable with the static keyword, the compiler
will generate instructions so as to create the variable in the memory as soon as the
execution of the process begins. Even before the execution control enters the entry
point that is the main function. All static variables are also available / accessible
from any location of the program throughout the lifecycle of the process.
Operators in C
An operator is a symbol which operates on a value or a variable. For example: + is an

operator to perform addition. C programming has wide range of operators to perform various
operations. For better understanding of operators, these operators can be classified as:
 Arithmetic Operators: An arithmetic operator performs mathematical operations

such as addition, subtraction and multiplication on numerical values (constants and
variables).
Operator Meaning of Operator
+ Addition or unary plus
- Subtraction or unary minus
* Multiplication
/ Division
% Remainder after division
 Increment and decrement operators: C programming has two operators increment

++ and decrement -- to change the value of an operand (constant or variable) by 1. ++
increases the value by 1 whereas -- decreases the value by 1. These two operators are
unary operators, meaning they only operate on a single operand.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a = 10, b = 20;
float c = 3.6, d = 6.8;
printf("++a = %d", ++a); // Pre-increment of a

printf("\nb++ = %d", b++); // Post-increment of b
// Value of b after Post-increment of b
printf("\nb = %d", b);
printf("\n++c = %g", ++c); // Pre-increment of c

printf("\nd++ = %g", d++); // Post-increment of d
// Value of d after Post-increment of d
printf("\nd = %g", d);
return 0;
}

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Output
++a = 11
b++ = 20
b = 21
++c = 4.6
d++ = 6.8
d = 7.8
 Assignment Operators: An assignment operator is used for assigning a value to a

variable. The most common assignment operator is =
Operator Usage Same as

= a = b a = b
+= a += b a = a+b
-= a -= b a = a-b
*= a *= b a = a*b
/= a /= b a = a/b
%= a %= b a = a%b
 Relational Operators: A relational operator checks the relationship between two

operands. If the relation is true, it returns 1; if the relation is false, it returns value 0.
Relational operators are used in decision making and loops.
Operator Meaning of Operator Example

== Equal to 5 == 3 returns 0
> Greater than 5 > 3 returns 1
< Less than 5 < 3 returns 0
!= Not equal to 5 != 3 returns 1
>= Greater than or equal to 5 >= 3 returns 1
<= Less than or equal to 5 <= 3 return 0
 Logical Operators: An expression containing logical operator returns either 0 or 1

depending upon whether expression results true or false. Logical operators are
commonly used in decision making in C programming. Following table shows all the
logical operators supported by C language.

If c = 5 and d = 2 then,
Logial AND. True only if all
&& expression ((c == 5) && (d >
operands are true
5)) equals to 0.
If c = 5 and d = 2 then,
Logical OR. True only if
|| expression ((c == 5) || (d >
either one operand is true
5)) equals to 1.
Logical NOT. True only if If c = 5 then, expression ! (c ==
!
the operand is 0 5) equals to 0.
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 Bitwise Operators: During computation, mathematical operations like: addition,
subtraction, addition and division are converted to bit-level which makes processing
faster and saves power. Bitwise operators are used in C programming to perform bit-
level operations.
Operators Meaning of operators

& Bitwise AND
| Bitwise OR
^ Bitwise exclusive OR
~ Bitwise complement
<< Shift left
>> Shift right
 Other Operators

Comma operators are used to link
, int a, c = 5, d;
related expressions together.
The sizeof is an unary operator which
sizeof sizeof(float) returns 4
returns the size of a variable or data type
& Returns the address of an variable &x returns address of the variable x
* Pointer to a variable *x will be pointer to a variable x
It is actually the if condition that we use
in C language decision making, but
If x = 10 then x > 9 ? 1 : 0
? : using conditional operator, we turn the if
returns 1
condition statement into a short and
simple operator.
Decision making in C
Decision making is about deciding the order of execution of statements based on certain
conditions or repeat a group of statements until certain specified conditions are met. C
language handles decision-making by supporting the following statements:
 if statement: The if statement may be implemented in different forms depending on

the complexity of conditions to be tested. The different forms are:
1. Simple if statement: The general form of a simple if statement is
if(expression)
{
statement-inside;
}
statement-outside;
If the expression returns true, then the statement-inside will be executed,

otherwise statement-inside will be skipped and only the statement-outside will
be executed.
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2. if...else statement: The general form of a simple if...else statement
is
if(expression)
{
statement-block-1;
}
else
{
statement-block-2;
}
If the expression is true, the statement-block-1 will be executed, else

statement-block-1 will be skipped and statement-block-2 will be executed.
3. Nested if....else statement: The general form of a nested if...else

statement is
if(expression)
{
if(expression1)
{
statement-block-1;
}
else
{
statement-block-2;
}
}
else
{
statement-block-3;
}
If expression is false then statement-block-3 will be executed, otherwise the

execution continues and enters inside the first if to perform the check for the
next if block, where if expression-1 is true the statement-block-1 will be
executed otherwise statement-block-2 will be executed.
4. else- if ladder: The general form of else-if ladder is
if(expression1)
{
statement-block-1;
}
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else if(expression2)
{
statement-block-2;
}
else if(expression3 )
{
statement-block-3;
}
else
default-statement;
The expressions will be tested from the top (of the ladder) to downwards. As
soon as a true condition is found, the statement associated with it is executed.
 switch statement: switch statement is a control statement that allows us to choose

only one choice among the many given choices. When we want to solve multiple
option type problems, for example: Menu like program, where one value is associated
with each option and we need to choose only one at a time, then, switch statement is
used. The general form of switch statement is
switch(expression)
{
case value-1:
block-1;
break;
case value-2:
block-2;
break;
case value-3:
block-3;
break;
case value-4:
block-4;
break;
default:
default-block;
break;
}
The expression in switch evaluates to return an integral value, which is then

compared to the values present in different cases. It executes that block of code which
matches the case value. If there is no match, then default block will be executed (if
present).

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 goto statement: A goto statement in C programming provides an unconditional
jump from the goto to a labeled statement in the same function. The syntax for a
goto statement in C is as follows:
goto label;
..
.
Labe_l: statement;
..
.
Here labe_l can be any plain text except C keyword and it can be set anywhere in the
C program above or below to goto statement.
NOTE - Use of goto statement is highly discouraged in any programming language

because it makes difficult to trace the control flow of a program, making the program
hard to understand and hard to modify. Any program that uses a goto can be
rewritten to avoid them.
Loops in C
We may encounter situations, when a block of code needs to be executed several number of
times. In C language a loop statement allows us to execute a statement or a group of
statements multiple times. Given below is the general form of a loop statement in C.
As per the above diagram, if the Test Condition is true, then the loop is executed, and if it is
false then the execution breaks out of the loop. After the loop is successfully executed the

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execution again starts from the Loop entry and again checks for the Test condition, and this
keeps on repeating.
Different types of Loops in C language are as follows:
 for loop: for loop executes a sequence of statements multiple times and abbreviates
the code. The syntax of for loop is:
for(initializationStatement; testExpression; updateStatement)

{
// codes
}
Here the initializationStatement is executed only once. Then, the testExpression is

evaluated. If the test testExpression is false, for loop is terminated. But if the
testExpression is true, codes inside the body of for loop is executed and the
updateStatement is updated. This process repeats until the testExpression is false.
A for loop is commonly used when the number of iterations is known. However we
can terminate a for loop with break statement for some terminating condition.

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 while loop: while loop repeats a statement or group of statements while a given
condition is true. It tests the condition before executing the loop body. The syntax of a
while loop is:
while(testExpression)
{
//codes
}
Here the while loop evaluates the testExpression. If the testExpression is true, codes
inside the body of while loop are exectued. The testExpression is evaluated again.
The process goes on until the testExpression is false. When the testExpression is false,
the while loop is terminated.
 do..while loop: do..while loop repeats a statement or group of statements while

a given condition is true. It tests the condition at the end of the loop body. The syntax
of a do..while loop is:
do
{
// codes
}
while(testExpression);

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Here the code block (loop body) inside the braces is executed once. Then, the
testExpression is evaluated. If the test expression is true, the loop body is executed
again. This process goes on until the evaluated testExpression is false. When the test
expression is false, the do...while loop is terminated.
Functions in C
A function is a block of code that performs a particular task. There are many situations where
we might need to write same line of code for more than once in a program. This may lead to
unnecessary repetition of code, bugs and even becomes boring for the programmer. So, C
language provides an approach in which we can declare and define a group of statements
once in the form of a function and it can be called and used whenever required. Every C
program has at least one function, which is main().
Benefits of Using Functions
1. It provides modularity to our program's structure.

2. It makes our code reusable. We just have to call the function by its name to use it,
wherever required.
3. In case of large programs with thousands of code lines, debugging and editing
becomes easier if we use functions.
4. It makes the program more readable and easy to understand.
C functions can be classified into the following two categories:
 Library functions: Library functions are those functions which are already defined in
C library. Example: printf(), scanf(), log(), sin() etc. We just need to
include appropriate header files and libraries to use these functions.

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Advantages of using C library functions
There are many library functions available in C programming for writing a good and
efficient program. But, why should we use it? Below are the 4 most important
advantages of using standard library functions.
1. One of the most important reasons you should use library functions is simply
because they work. These functions have gone through multiple rigorous
testing and are easy to use.
2. Since, the functions are "standard library" functions, a dedicated group of
developers constantly make them better. In the process, they are able to create
the most efficient code optimized for maximum performance.
3. Since the general functions like printing to a screen, calculating the square
root, and many more are already written. We shouldn't worry about creating
them once again. It saves valuable time and our code may not always be the
most efficient.
4. With ever changing real world needs, our application is expected to work
every time, everywhere. These library functions help us in that they do the
same thing on every computer. This saves time, effort and makes our program
portable.
 User-defined functions: A User-defined functions are those functions which are

defined by the user at the time of writing program. These functions are made for code
reusability and for saving time and space. Below are the 4 most important advantages
of using standard library functions.
Declaration of a User-defined function
Like any variable or an array, a function must also be declared before it’s used.
Function declaration informs the compiler about the function name, parameters, and
its return type. Functions should be declared in header files or before the definition of
main() function. The actual body of the functions can be defined separately after
main() function. General syntax for function declaration is,
return_type function_name(type_of_parameter1, type_of_parameter2, ......);
Here Function declaration consists of the following 4 parts:

1. Return type: When a function is declared to perform some sort of calculation
or any operation, it is expected to provide us some result at the end. In such
cases, a return statement is added at the end of function body. Return type
specifies the type of value (int, float, char, double, etc.) that the
function is expected to return to the program which called the function. In case
our function doesn't return any value, the return type would be void.
2. Function name: Function name is an identifier and it specifies the name of
the function. The function name is any valid C identifier and therefore must
follow the same naming rules like other variables in C language.

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3. Parameter list: The parameter list declares the type and number of arguments
that the function expects when it is called.
4. Terminating semicolon: It is used at the end of Function declaration.
Definition of a User-defined function
The general syntax of function definition is,
return_type function_name(data_type parameter1, data_type parameter2, ….. )

{
// function body
}
The first line return_type function_name(data_type parameter1,

data_type parameter2, ….. ) is known as function header and the
statement(s) within curly braces is called function body. It should be noted that while
defining a function, there is no semicolon (;) after the parenthesis in the function
header.
The function body contains the declarations and the statements (algorithm) necessary
for performing the required task. The body is enclosed within curly braces { ... }
and consists of the following three parts.
1. Local variable declaration (if required).

2. Function statements to perform the task inside the function.
3. A return statement to return the result evaluated by the function (if return type
is void, then no return statement is required).
Example
#include <stdio.h>
float max(float, float);

float min(float, float);
int main()
{
float max_val, min_val;
max_val = max(3, 7.8);

min_val = min(3, 7.8);
printf("Max. value is %g", max_val);

printf("\nMin. value is %g", min_val);
return 0;
}
float max(float x, float y)

{
float result;

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if(x > y) result = x;
else result = y;
return result;
}
float min(float x, float y)

{
float result;
if(x < y) result = x;

else result = y;
return result;
}
Output
Max. value is 7.8

Min. value is 3
Calling a function
While creating a C function, we give a definition of what the function has to do. To use a
function, we have to call that function to perform the defined task.
When a program calls a function, the program control is transferred to the called function. A
called function performs a defined task and when its return statement is executed or when its
function-ending closing brace is reached, it returns the program control back to the main
program.
To call a function, we simply need to pass the required parameters along with the function
name, and if the function returns a value, then we can store the returned value.
Function Arguments
If a function is to use arguments, it must declare variables that accept the values of the
arguments. These variables are called the formal parameters of the function.
Formal parameters behave like other local variables inside the function and are created upon
entry into the function and destroyed upon exit.
While calling a function, there are two ways in which arguments can be passed to a function:
1. Call by value: The call by value method of passing arguments to a function copies
the actual value of an argument into the formal parameter of the function. In this case,
changes made to the parameter inside the function have no effect on the argument.

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By default, C programming uses call by value to pass arguments. In general, it means
the code within a function cannot alter the arguments used to call the function.
Consider the example of swap() function definition as follows:
#include <stdio.h>
void swap(int, int);
int main()
{
int x = 10, y = 20;
printf("Before swap, value of x : %d\n", x);

printf("Before swap, value of y : %d\n", y);
/* calling a function to swap the values */

swap(x, y);
printf("\nAfter swap, value of x : %d\n", x);

printf("After swap, value of y : %d\n", y);
return 0;
}
/* function definition to swap the values */

void swap(int a, int b)
{
int temp;
temp = a;
a = b;
b = temp;
}
Output
Before swap, value of x : 10

Before swap, value of y : 20
After swap, value of x : 10

After swap, value of y : 20
The output shows that there are no changes in the values of x & y after using of
swap() function, though they had been changed inside the function.
2. Call by reference: The call by reference method of passing arguments to a function

copies the address of an argument into the formal parameter. Inside the function, the

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address is used to access the actual argument used in the call. It means the changes
made to the parameter affect the passed argument.
To pass a value by reference, argument pointers are passed to the functions just like
any other value. So accordingly we need to declare the function parameters as pointer
types as in the following example of swap() function, which exchanges the values of
the two integer variables pointed to, by their arguments.
#include <stdio.h>
void swap(int *, int *);
int main()
{
int x = 10, y = 20;
printf("Before swap, value of x : %d\n", x);

printf("Before swap, value of y : %d\n", y);
/* calling a function to swap the values */

swap(&x, &y);
printf("\nAfter swap, value of x : %d\n", x);

printf("After swap, value of y : %d\n", y);
return 0;
}
/* function definition to swap the values */

void swap(int *a, int *b)
{
int temp;
temp = *a;
*a = *b;
*b = temp;
}
Output
Before swap, value of x : 10

Before swap, value of y : 20
After swap, value of x : 20

After swap, value of y : 10
The output shows that the values of x & y changes after calling of swap() function
by reference.
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Recursion in C functions
Recursion is the process of repeating items in a self-similar way. In programming languages,

if a program allows us to call a function inside the same function, then it is called a recursive
call of the function.
The C programming language supports recursion, i.e., a function to call itself. But while
using recursion, programmers need to be careful to define an exit condition from the
function; otherwise it will go into an infinite loop.
Recursive functions are very useful to solve many mathematical problems, such as
calculating the factorial of a number, generating Fibonacci series, etc.
Examples of Recursive functions
1. Factorial of a given number.
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned long long int factorial(int);
int main()
{
printf("5! = %llu\n", factorial(5));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition for factorial */

unsigned long long int factorial(int i)
{
if(i < 0) return 0;
else if(i <= 1) return 1;
else return i * factorial(i - 1);
}
Output
5! = 120
10! = 3628800
20! = 2432902008176640000
40! = 18376134811363311616

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2. Sum of Natural Numbers.
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned long long int natural_sum(int);
int main()
{
printf("1+2+...+10 = %llu\n", natural_sum(10));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition for Sum of Natural Numbers */

unsigned long long int natural_sum(int i)
{
if(i <= 0) return 0;
else return i + natural_sum(i - 1);
}
Output
1+2+...+10 = 55
1+2+...+100 = 5050
1+2+...+1000 = 500500
1+2+...+10000 = 50005000
3. Fibonacci Series.
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned int fibonacci(int);
int main()
{
int i;
printf("The 10th term of Fibonacci Series is: %u\n\n",

fibonacci(9));
printf("The first 20 terms of Fibonacci Series are: ");

for(i=0; i < 20; i++){
printf("%u, ", fibonacci(i));
}
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return 0;
}
/* Function definition for Fibonacci Series */

unsigned int fibonacci(int i)
{
if(i <= 0) return 0;
else if(i == 1) return 1;
else return fibonacci(i-1) + fibonacci(i-2);
}
Output
The 10th term of Fibonacci Series is: 34
The first 20 terms of Fibonacci Series are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5,

8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584,
4181,
4. Counting total number of digits in an integer.
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned int count_digits(int);
int main()
{
printf("Total digits in 12337: %d\n",
count_digits(12337));
printf("Total digits in 6: %d\n",
count_digits(6));
printf("Total digits in -980700: %d\n",
count_digits(-980700));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition to count digits */

unsigned int count_digits(int num)
{
static int temp;
temp = num/10;
if(temp == 0) return 1;
else return count_digits(temp) + 1;
}

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Output
Total digits in 12337: 5

Total digits in 6: 1
Total digits in -980700: 6
5. Length of a string.
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned int string_length(char *);
int main()
{
char *string1 = "MBB College";
char *string2 = "Agartala";
printf("Total number of characters in '%s' : %u\n",

string1, string_length(string1));
printf("Total number of characters in '%s' : %u",
string2, string_length(string2));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition to get string length */

unsigned int string_length(char *str)
{
if(*str) return string_length(++str) + 1;
else return 0;
}
Output
Total number of characters in 'MBB College' : 11

Total number of characters in 'Agartala' : 8
6. Lowest common multiple (LCM) of two numbers
#include <stdio.h>
int lcm(int, int);
int main()

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{
printf("LCM of 15 & 20: %d\n", lcm(15, 20));
printf("LCM of 118 & 3: %d\n", lcm(118, 3));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition to get LCM of two numbers */

int lcm(int a, int b)
{
static int common = 1;
if (common % a == 0 && common % b == 0) return common;

common++;
lcm(a, b);
return common;
}
Output
LCM of 15 & 20: 60

LCM of 118 & 3: 354
7. Highest Common Factor (HCF) / Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of two numbers
#include <stdio.h>
int hcf(int, int);
int main()
{
printf("GCD/HCF of 15 & 20: %d\n", hcf(15, 20));
printf("GCD/HCF of 118 & 3: %d\n", hcf(118, 3));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition to get HCF/GCD of two numbers */

int hcf(int a, int b)
{
if(a % b == 0) return b;
else return hcf(b, a % b);
}

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Output
GCD/HCF of 15 & 20: 5

GCD/HCF of 118 & 3: 1
8. Decimal to binary conversion
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned long long int int2binary(int);
int main()
{
printf("Binary of 17: %llu\n", int2binary(17));
return 0;
}
/* Function definition for Conversion of decimal to binary */

unsigned long long int int2binary(int num)
{
if (num == 0) return 0;
else return (num % 2) + 10 * int2binary(num / 2);
}
Output
Binary of 17: 10001

Binary of 1107: 10001010011
Binary of 319: 100111111
n
9. Binomial coefficient of two numbers ( Cx )
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned long long int ncx(int, int);
int main()
{
printf("5C2: %llu\n", ncx(5, 2));
printf("10C7: %llu\n", ncx(10, 7));

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return 0;
}
/* Function definition to Binomial coefficient of two numbers */

unsigned long long int ncx(int n, int x)
{
if(x < 0 || x > n) return 0;
else if(x == 0 || n == x) return 1;
else return ncx(n-1, x) + ncx(n-1, x-1);
}
Output
5C2: 10
10C7: 120
10. Sorting by Quick-sort method.
#include <stdio.h>
void sort(float [], int, int);
int main()
{
int i, n;
float data[100];
printf("Total observations: ");

scanf("%d", &n);
printf("\nInsert observations: ");

for(i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%f", &data[i]);
sort(data, 0, n-1);
printf("\nSorted observations:");
for(i=0; i<n; i++) printf("\t%g", data[i]);
return 0;
}
/* Function definition for Quick-sort method */

void sort(float x[], int start, int end)
{
int i = start, j = end, k = (start+end)/2;
float t, middle = x[k];
do{
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while (x[i] < middle) i++;
while (x[j] > middle) j--;
if (i <= j) {
t = x[i];
x[i] = x[j];
x[j] = t;
i++;
j--;
}
}while (i <= j);
if(start < j) sort(x,start,j);
if(i < end) sort(x,i,end);
}
Output
Total observations: 10
Insert observations: 3 17 -5 8 7 10 1 8 12 2
Sorted observations: -5 1 2 3 7 8 8 10 12 17
Advantages and Disadvantages of Recursion
Recursion makes program elegant and cleaner. All algorithms can be defined recursively
which makes it easier to visualize and prove.
If the speed of the program is vital then, we should avoid using recursion. Recursions use
more memory and are generally slow. Instead, we can use loop.
Variable Argument in C functions
Sometimes, we may come across a situation, when we want to have a function, which can
take variable number of arguments / parameters, instead of predefined number of parameters.
The C programming language provides a solution for this situation and we are allowed to
define a function which can accept variable number of parameters based on our requirement.
The following example shows the construction of such a function which can take the variable
number of parameters and return their sum.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
double sum(int, ...);
int main() {
printf("Sum of 2.3,3.5,4.6,5.0 = %g\n",
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sum(4, 2.3,3.5,4.6,5.0));
printf("Sum of 5.6,10.9,15.1 = %g\n",
sum(3, 5.6,10.9,15.1));
return 0;
}
double sum(int num,...) {

va_list x;
int i;
double sum = 0.0;
/* initialize x for num number of arguments */

va_start(x, num);
/* access all the arguments assigned to valist */

for(i = 0; i < num; i++) {
sum += va_arg(x, double);
}
/* clean memory reserved for valist */

va_end(x);
return sum;
}
Output
Sum of 2.3,3.5,4.6,5.0 = 15.4

Sum of 5.6,10.9,15.1 = 31.6
It should be noted that the function sum() has been called twice and each time the first
argument represents the total number of variable arguments being passed.
C - Scope Rules
A scope in any programming is a region of the program where a defined variable can have its
existence and beyond that region it cannot be accessed. There are three places where
variables can be declared in C programming language:
 Inside a function or a block which is called local variables.

 Outside of all functions which is called global variables.
 In the definition of function parameters which are called formal parameters.
Local Variables
Variables that are declared inside a function or block are called local variables. They can be
used only by statements that are inside that function or block of code. Local variables are not
known to functions outside their own.
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Global Variables
Global variables are defined outside a function, usually on top of the program. Global
variables hold their values throughout the lifetime of our program and they can be accessed
inside any of the functions defined for the program. The following program show how global
variables are used in a program.
#include <stdio.h>
/* Global variable declaration */

int x = 10, y = 200;
void change_global(int);
int main()
{
printf("Value of x, y: %d, %d\n", x, y);
x = 20;
y = 400;
change_global(30);
return 0;
}
void change_global(int newx)

{
/* Local variable declaration */
int y;
x = newx;
y = newx;
}
Output
Value of x, y: 10, 200

Here we can see that a program can have same name (y) for local and global variables but the
value of local variable inside a function will take preference.

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Formal Parameters
Formal parameters are treated as local variables with-in a function and they take precedence
over global variables.
Initialization of Local and Global Variables
When a local variable is defined, it is not initialized by the system; we must initialize it
before use. Global variables are initialized automatically by the system when we define them
as follows:
Data Type Initial Default Value

int 0
char '\0'
float 0
double 0
pointer NULL
It is a good programming practice to initialize variables properly; otherwise our program may
produce unexpected results, because uninitialized variables will take some garbage value
already available at their memory location.
Arrays in C
Array in C language is a collection or group of elements (data). All the elements of C array
are homogeneous (similar). It has contiguous memory location.
C array is beneficial if we have to store similar elements. Suppose we have to store marks of
50 students, one way to do this is allotting 50 variables. So it will be typical and hard to
manage. We can’t access the value of these variables with only 1 or 2 lines of code. In this
case using array we can access these elements easily by defining a single variable. Only few
lines of code are required to access the elements of array.
Arrays are of two types:
1. One-dimensional arrays
2. Multidimensional arrays
A one-dimensional array is like a list; A two dimensional array is like a table; The C
language places no limits on the number of dimensions in an array. Some texts refer to one-
dimensional arrays as vectors, two-dimensional arrays as matrices, and use the general term
arrays when the number of dimensions is more than two.
Declaration of Array
To declare an array in C, we have to specify the type of the elements and the number of
elements required by an array as follows:
data_type array_name[array_size];

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This is called a single-dimensional array. The array_size must be an integer constant (not
a C variable) greater than zero and data_type can be any valid C data type. For example:
int marks[100];
Here, int is the data_type, marks is the array_name and 100 is the array_size.
A multi-dimensional array can be declared as follows:
data_type array_name[size_of_dim_1][size_of_dim_2]…..[ size_of_dim_n];
Elements of an Array
We can access elements of an array by indices. Suppose we declared an array marks as above. The
first element is marks[0], second element is marks[1] and so on.
It should be noted that
1. Arrays have 0 as the first index not 1.

2. If the size of an array is n, the index of last element is n-1 not n.
3. If the size of an array is 10, we can use the array elements from 0 to 9. If we try to access
array elements outside of its bound, i.e. index greater than 9, the compiler may not show any
error. However, this may cause unexpected output (undefined behavior).
Example
Here will obtain the Mean Deviation about Mean of a data-set using array.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
int i, n;
/*The one dimensional data array 'x' with a capacity 100 elements*/
float x[100];
float mean = 0, MD = 0;
printf("Total observations: ");

scanf("%d", &n);
printf("\nObservations: ");
for(i=0; i<n; i++){
scanf("%f", &x[i]);
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mean += x[i];
}
mean = mean / n;
for(i=0; i<n; i++){

MD += fabs(x[i] - mean);
}
MD = MD / n;
printf("\nMean Deviation about Mean = %g", MD);
return 0;
}
Output
Total observations: 5
Observations: 12 23 7 45 10
Mean Deviation about Mean = 11.68
Advantage of Array
1. Code Optimization: Less code to the access the data.

2. Easy to traverse data: By using the for loop, we can retrieve the elements of an array
easily.
3. Easy to sort data: To sort the elements of array, we need a few lines of code only.
4. Random Access: We can access any element randomly using the array.
Disadvantage of Array
Fixed Size: Whatever size, we define at the time of declaration of array, we can't exceed the
limit. So, it doesn't grow the size dynamically.
Array as function parameter
Whenever we need to pass a list of elements as argument to any function in C language, it is

preferred to do so using an array. If we want to pass a single-dimension array as an argument
in a function, we should have to declare a formal parameter in one of following three ways
and all three declaration methods produce similar results. Similarly, we can pass multi-
dimensional arrays as formal parameters.
1. Formal parameters as an sized array
void my_function (int param[10]) {

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.
.
}
2. Formal parameters as an un-sized array
void my_function (int param[]) {

.
.
}
3. Formal parameters as a pointer
void my_function (int *param) {

.
.
}
Now, consider the following example, where the average(..) function takes an array as an
argument along with another argument and based on the passed arguments, it returns the
average of the numbers passed through the array.
#include <stdio.h>
float average(float [], int);
int main()
{
/*The one dimensional data array 5 elements*/
float data[5] = {10, 23, 37, 41, 50};
printf("\nAverage = %g", average(data, 5));
return 0;
}
/* Function to obtain average of some values */

float average(float x[], int n)
{
int i;
float avg = 0;
for(i=0; i<n; i++) avg += x[i];
avg = avg/n;
return avg;
}

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Output
Average = 32.2
Return array from function
C programming does not allow returning an entire array from a function. However, you can
return a pointer to an array by specifying the array's name without an index. While returning
an address of a local variable from a function, it should be remember that we have to define
the local variable as static variable.
Consider the following example where a function returns a pointer to an array of random
numbers.
#include <stdio.h>
int *rand_numbers();
main()
{
int i, *rnd;
rnd = rand_numbers();
printf("\n10 random numbers: ");

for(i=0; i<10; i++) printf(" %d", rnd[i]);
return 0;
}
/* Function to generate and return random numbers */

int *rand_numbers()
{
int i;
static int r[10];
/* set the seed of random numbers*/

srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
for(i=0; i<10; i++) r[i] = rand();
return r;
}
Output
10 random numbers: 9644 18684 1554 1009 11360 18594 32 3593 31637 4038

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Pointers
A Pointer in C language is a variable which holds the address of another variable of same
data type. Pointers are used in C program to access the memory and manipulate the address.
Pointers are one of the most distinct and exciting features of C and C++ programming
language that differentiates it from other popular programming languages like: Java and
Python. Before we start understanding what pointers are and what they can do, we have to
understand “Address of a memory location”.
Address in C
Whenever a variable is defined in C language, a memory location is assigned for it, in which
its value will be stored. We can easily check this memory address, using the & operator. If x
is the name of the variable, then &x will give it's address. Here & is known as reference
operator. In the scanf() function we use it to store the user inputted value of a variable in
the address of that variable like scanf(“%d”, &x);
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 5;
printf("Value: %d\n", x);

printf("Address: %u", &x);
return 0;
}
Output
Value: 5
Address: 2293572
In above source code, value 5 is stored in the memory location 2293572. x is just the name
given to that location. We may obtain different value of address while using this code.
https://www.studytonight.com/c/
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/index.htm

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https://www.programiz.com/c-programming/c-data-types
https://fresh2refresh.com/c-programming/c-data-types/
https://www.javatpoint.com/data-types-in-c

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Types of High-Level Languages

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It can be defined by following ways:

1. C as a mother language: C language is considered as the mother language of all the

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Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie

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C Programs & Compilers

Name Author Supporting OS License type

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Now let us look at the basic syntax of c programming.

 Tokens: A smallest individual unit in C program is known as C Token. Tokens are

The tokens in this statement are printf, (, "Hello,World", ) and ;

So C tokens are basically the building blocks of a C program.

There are two ways in which we can write comments.

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auto break case const char continue default do

C language supports three different types of data types:

1. Primary data types: These are fundamental data types in C.

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typedef struct student_records

x.name = "Mr. X";

 Unions: A union is a special data type available in C that allows storing

printf( "Memory size occupied by data : %d\n", sizeof(data));

printf( "\ndata.i (before assigning data.f) : %d\n", data.i);

printf( "\ndata.i (after assigning data.f): %d\n", data.i);

/* Assigning the string "C Programming" to data.str */

printf( "\ndata.i (after assigning data.str): %d\n", data.i);

Memory size occupied by data : 20

data.i (before assigning data.f) : 10

data.i (after assigning data.f): 1130135552

data.i (after assigning data.str): 1917853763

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However we can’t use these qualifiers with all data types.

 Constant qualifiers: A variable can be declared as a constant. To do so const

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An operator is a symbol which operates on a value or a variable. For example: + is an

 Arithmetic Operators: An arithmetic operator performs mathematical operations

 Increment and decrement operators: C programming has two operators increment

printf("++a = %d", ++a); // Pre-increment of a

printf("\n++c = %g", ++c); // Pre-increment of c

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 Assignment Operators: An assignment operator is used for assigning a value to a

Operator Usage Same as

 Relational Operators: A relational operator checks the relationship between two

Operator Meaning of Operator Example

 Logical Operators: An expression containing logical operator returns either 0 or 1

Operator Meaning of Operator Example

Operators Meaning of operators

Operator Meaning of Operator Example

 if statement: The if statement may be implemented in different forms depending on

If the expression returns true, then the statement-inside will be executed,

If the expression is true, the statement-block-1 will be executed, else

3. Nested if....else statement: The general form of a nested if...else

If expression is false then statement-block-3 will be executed, otherwise the

4. else- if ladder: The general form of else-if ladder is

void swap(int , int );