C Lecture Notes
C Lecture Notes
C Lecture Notes
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
―A Computer is an electronic device that stores, manipulates and retrieves the data.‖
We can also refer computer computes the information supplied to it and generates data.
A System is a group of several objects with a process. For Example: Educational System
involves teacher, students (objects). Teacher teaches subject to students i.e., teaching (process).
Similarly a computer system can have objects and process.
The following are the objects of computer System
a) User ( A person who uses the computer)
b) Hardware
c) Software
Hardware: Hardware of a computer system can be referred as anything which we can touch and
feel. Example : Keyboard and Mouse.
The hardware of a computer system can be classified as
Input Devices(I/P)
Processing Devices (CPU)
Output Devices(O/P)
CPU
INPUT OUTPUT
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MU: The Memory unit is used for storing the data.
The Memory unit is classified into two types.
They are 1) Primary Memory
2) Secondary Memory
Primary memory: The following are the types of memoruies which are treated as primary
ROM: It represents Read Only Memory that stores data and instructions even when the computer
is turned off. The Contents in the ROM can‘t be modified once if they are written . It is used to
store the BIOS information.
RAM: It represents Random Access Memory that stores data and instructions when the computer
is turned on. The contents in the RAM can be modified any no. of times by instructions. It is
used to store the programs under execution.
Cache memory: It is used to store the data and instructions referred by processor.
Secondary Memory: The following are the different kinds of memories
Magnetic Storage: The Magnetic Storage devices store information that can be read, erased and
rewritten a number of times.
Example: Floppy Disks, Hard Disks, Magnetic Tapes
Optical Storage: The optical storage devices that use laser beams to read and write stored data.
Example: CD(Compact Disk),DVD(Digital Versatile Disk)
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Software of a computer system can be referred as anything which we can feel and see.
Example: Windows, icons
Computer software is divided in to two broad categories: system software and application
software .System software manages the computer resources .It provides the interface between the
hardware and the users. Application software, on the other hand is directly responsible for
helping users solve their problems.
System Software
System software consists of programs that manage the hardware resources of a computer and
perform required information processing tasks. These programs are divided into three classes:
the operating system, system support, and system development.
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The operating system provides services such as a user interface, file and database access, and
interfaces to communication systems such as Internet protocols. The primary purpose of this
software is to keep the system operating in an efficient manner while allowing the users access to
the system.
System support software provides system utilities and other operating services. Examples of
system utilities are sort programs and disk format programs. Operating services consists of
programs that provide performance statistics for the operational staff and security monitors to
protect the system and data.
The last system software category, system development software, includes the language
translators that convert programs into machine language for execution ,debugging tools to ensure
that the programs are error free and computer –assisted software engineering(CASE) systems.
Application software
Application software is broken in to two classes: general-purpose software and application –
specific software. General purpose software is purchased from a software developer and can be
used for more than one application. Examples of general purpose software include word
processors, database management systems ,and computer aided design systems. They are labeled
general purpose because they can solve a variety of user computing problems.
Application –specific software can be used only for its intended purpose.
A general ledger system used by accountants and a material requirements planning system used
by a manufacturing organization are examples of application-specific software. They can be used
only for the task for which they were designed they cannot be used for other generalized tasks.
The relationship between system and application software is shown below. In this figure, each
circle represents an interface point .The inner core is hard ware. The user is represented by the
out layer. To work with the system, the typical user uses some form of application software. The
application software in turn interacts with the operating system, which is a part of the system
software layer. The system software provides the direct interaction with the hard ware. The
opening at the bottom of the figure is the path followed by the user who interacts directly with
the operating system when necessary.
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COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS
The word ‗compute‘ is used to refer to the process of converting information to data. The
advent of several new kinds of computers created a need to have different computing
environments.
The following are the different kinds of computing environments available
1. Personal Computing Environment
2. Time Sharing Environment
3. Client/Server Environment
4. Distributed Computing Environment
Personal Computing Environment
In 1971, Marcian E. Hoff, working for INTEL combined the basic elements of the central
processing unit into the microprocessor. If we are using a personal computer then all the
computer hardware components are tied together. This kind of computing is used to satisfy the
needs of a single user, who uses the computer for the personal tasks.
Ex: Personal Computer
Time-Sharing Environment
The concept of time sharing computing is to share the processing of the computer basing
on the criteria time. In this environment all the computing must be done by the central computer.
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The complete processing is done by the central computer. The computer which ask for
processing are only dumb terminals.
Client/Server Environment
A Client/Server Computing involves the processing between two machines. A client
Machine is the one which requests processing. Server Machine is the one which offers the
processing. Hence the client is Capable enough to do processing. A portion of processing is
done by client and the core(important) processing is done by Server.
Distributed Computing
A distributed computing environment provides a seamless integration of computing
functions between different servers and clients. A client not just a requestor for processing the
information from the server. The client also has the capability to process information. All the
machines Clients/Servers share the processing task.
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Example: Ebay on Internet
COMPUTER LANGUAGES
To write a program (tells what to do) for a computer, we must use a computer language.
Over the years computer languages have evolved from machine languages to natural languages.
The following is the summary of computer languages
1940‘s -- Machine Languages
1950‘s -- Symbolic Languages
1960‘s -- High Level Languages
Machine Language
In the earliest days of computers, the only programming languages available were
machine languages. Each computer has its own machine language which is made of streams of
0‘s and 1‘s. The instructions in machine language must be in streams of 0‘s and 1‘s. This is also
referred as binary digits. These are so named as the machine can directly understood the
programs
Advantages:
1) High speed execution
2) The computer can understood instructions immediately
3) No translation is needed.
Disadvantages:
1) Machine dependent
2) Programming is very difficult
3) Difficult to understand
4) Difficult to write bug free programs
5) Difficult to isolate an error
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Example Additon of two numbers
2 0010
+ 3 0011
--- ---------------
5 0101
--- ---------------
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High-Level Languages
The symbolic languages greatly improved programming efficiency they still
required programmers to concentrate on the hardware that they were using working with
symbolic languages was also very tedious because each machine instruction had to be
individually coded. The desire to improve programmer efficiency and to change the focus from
the computer to the problems being solved led to the development of high-level languages.
High-level languages are portable to many different computer allowing the programmer
to concentrate on the application problem at hand rather than the intricacies of the computer.
C A systems implementation Language
C++ C with object oriented enhancements
JAVA Object oriented language for internet and general applications using basic C syntax
Advantages:
1) Easy to write and understand
2) Easy to isolate an error
3) Machine independent language
4) Easy to maintain
5) Better readability
6) Low Development cost
7) Easier to document
8) Portable
Disadvantages:
1) Needs translator
2) Requires high execution time
3) Poor control on hardware
4) Less efficient
Example: C language
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int a,b,c;
scanf("%d%d%",&a,&b);
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c=a+b;
printf("%d",c);
}
Language Translators
These are the programs which are used for converting the programs in one language into
machine language instructions, so that they can be excuted by the computer.
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The executable program is stored in a disk for The executable program is generated in RAM
future use or to run it in another computer and the interpreter is required for each run of
the program
The compiled programs run faster The Interpreted programs run slower
Most of the Languages use compiler A very few languages use interpreters.
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TEXT EDITOR
COMPILER
Library LINKER
RUNNER
OUTPUT
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Compiling Programs
The code in a source file stored on the disk must be translated into machine language.
This is the job of the compiler. The Compiler is a computer program that translates the source
code written in a high-level language into the corresponding object code of the low-level
language. This translation process is called compilation. The entire high level program is
converted into the executable machine code file. The Compiler which executes C programs is
called as C Compiler. Example Turbo C, Borland C, GC etc.,
The C Compiler is actually two separate programs:
The Preprocessor
The Translator
The Preprocessor reads the source code and prepares it for the translator. While preparing the
code, it scans for special instructions known as preprocessor commands. These commands tell
the preprocessor to look for special code libraries. The result of preprocessing is called the
translation unit.
After the preprocessor has prepared the code for compilation, the translator does the
actual work of converting the program into machine language. The translator reads the
translation unit and writes the resulting object module to a file that can then be combined with
other precompiled units to form the final program. An object module is the code in the machine
language.
Linking Programs
The Linker assembles all functions, the program‘s functions and system‘s functions into
one executable program.
Executing Programs
To execute a program we use an operating system command, such as run, to load the
program into primary memory and execute it. Getting the program into memory is the function
of an operating system program known as the loader. It locates the executable program and
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reads it into memory. When everything is loaded the program takes control and it begin
execution.
ALGORITHM
Algorithm is a finite sequence of instructions, each of which has a clear meaning and can be
performed with a finite amount of effort in a finite length of time. No matter what the input
values may be, an algorithm terminates after executing a finite number of instructions.
We represent an algorithm using a pseudo language that is a combination of the constructs of a
programming language together with informal English statements.
The ordered set of instructions required to solve a problem is known as an algorithm.
The characteristics of a good algorithm are:
Precision – the steps are precisely stated (defined).
Uniqueness – results of each step are uniquely defined and only depend on the input
and the result of the preceding steps.
Finiteness – the algorithm stops after a finite number of instructions are executed.
Input – the algorithm receives input.
Output – the algorithm produces output.
Generality – the algorithm applies to a set of inputs.
Example
Q. Write a algorithem to find out number is odd or even?
Ans.
step 1 : start
step 2 : input number
step 3 : rem=number mod 2
step 4 : if rem=0 then
print "number even"
else
print "number odd"
endif
step 5 : stop
FLOWCHART
Flowchart is a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm. Flowchart is very helpful in writing
program and explaining program to others.
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Symbols Used In Flowchart
Different symbols are used for different states in flowchart, For example: Input/Output and
decision making has different symbols. The table below describes all the symbols that are used in
making flowchart
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Draw flowchart to find the largest among three different numbers entered by user.
INTRODUCTION TO C LANGUAGE
C is a general-purpose high level language that was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie for
the Unix operating system. It was first implemented on the Digital Eqquipment Corporation
PDP-11 computer in 1972.
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The Unix operating system and virtually all Unix applications are written in the C language. 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 computers.
Facts about C
C was invented to write an operating system called UNIX.
C is a successor of B language which was introduced around 1970
The language was formalized in 1988 by the American National Standard Institue
(ANSI).
By 1973 UNIX OS almost totally written in C.
Today C is the most widely used System Programming Language.
Most of the state of the art software have been implemented using C
Why to use C?
C was initially used for system development work, in particular the programs that make-up the
operating system. C was adoped as a system development language because it produces code that
runs nearly as fast as code written in assembly language. Some examples of the use of C might
be:
Operating Systems
Language Compilers
Assemblers
Text Editors
Print Spoolers
Network Drivers
Modern Programs
Data Bases
Language Interpreters
Utilities
C Program File
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All the C programs are writen into text files with extension ".c" for example hello.c. You can use
"vi" editor to write your C program into a file.
HISTORY TO C LANGUAGE
C is a general-purpose language which has been closely associated with the UNIX operating
system for which it was developed - since the system and most of the programs that run it are
written in C.
Many of the important ideas of C stem from the language BCPL, developed by Martin Richards.
The influence of BCPL on C proceeded indirectly through the language B, which was written by
Ken Thompson in 1970 at Bell Labs, for the first UNIX system on a DEC PDP-
7. BCPL and B are "type less" languages whereas C provides a variety of data types.
In 1972 Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs writes C and in 1978 the publication of The C Programming
Language by Kernighan & Ritchie caused a revolution in the computing world.
In 1983, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) established a committee to provide a
modern, comprehensive definition of C. The resulting definition, the ANSI standard, or "ANSI
C", was completed late 1988.
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1. Documentation section: The documentation section consists of a set of comment lines
giving the name of the program, the author and other details, which the programmer
would like to use later.
2. Link section: The link section provides instructions to the compiler to link functions
from the system library such as using the #include directive.
3. Definition section: The definition section defines all symbolic constants such using
the #define directive.
4. Global declaration section: There are some variables that are used in more than one
function. Such variables are called global variables and are declared in the global
declaration section that is outside of all the functions. This section also declares all
the user-defined functions.
5. main () function section: Every C program must have one main function section. This
section contains two parts; declaration part and executable part
1. Declaration part: The declaration part declares all the variables used in the
executable part.
2. Executable part: There is at least one statement in the executable part. These two
parts must appear between the opening and closing braces. The program
execution begins at the opening brace and ends at the closing brace. The closing
brace of the main function is the logical end of the program. All statements in the
declaration and executable part end with a semicolon.
6. Subprogram section: If the program is a multi-function program then the subprogram
section contains all the user-defined functions that are called in the main () function.
User-defined functions are generally placed immediately after the main () function,
although they may appear in any order.
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The C Compilation Model
The Preprocessor
The Preprocessor accepts source code as input and is responsible for
removing comments
Interpreting special preprocessor directives denoted by #.
For example
#include -- includes contents of a named file. Files usually called header files. e.g
o #include <math.h> -- standard library maths file.
o #include <stdio.h> -- standard library I/O file
#define -- defines a symbolic name or constant. Macro substitution.
o #define MAX_ARRAY_SIZE 100
C Compiler
The C compiler translates source to assembly code. The source code is received from the
preprocessor.
Assembler
The assembler creates object code. On a UNIX system you may see files with a .o suffix
(.OBJ on MSDOS) to indicate object code files.
Link Editor
If a source file references library functions or functions defined in other source files the link
editor combines these functions (with main()) to create an executable file.
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C TOKENS
C tokens are the basic buildings blocks in C language which are constructed together to write a C
program.
Each and every smallest individual unit in a C program is known as C tokens.
C tokens are of six types. They are
Keywords (eg: int, while),
Identifiers (eg: main, total),
Constants (eg: 10, 20),
Strings (eg: ―total‖, ―hello‖),
Special symbols (eg: (), {}),
Operators (eg: +, /,-,*)
C KEYWORDS
C keywords are the words that convey a special meaning to the c compiler. The keywords
cannot be used as variable names.
The list of C keywords is given below:
volatile while
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C IDENTIFIERS
Identifiers are used as the general terminology for the names of variables, functions and arrays.
These are user defined names consisting of arbitrarily long sequence of letters and digits with
either a letter or the underscore(_) as a first character.
There are certain rules that should be followed while naming c identifiers:
They must begin with a letter or underscore (_).
They must consist of only letters, digits, or underscore. No other special character is allowed.
It should not be a keyword.
It must not contain white space.
It should be up to 31 characters long as only first 31 characters are significant.
Some examples of c identifiers:
Name Remark
_A9 Valid
Temp.var Invalid as it contains special character other than the underscore
void Invalid as it is a keyword
C CONSTANTS
A C constant refers to the data items that do not change their value during the program
execution. Several types of C constants that are allowed in C are:
Integer Constants
Integer constants are whole numbers without any fractional part. It must have at least one digit
and may contain either + or – sign. A number with no sign is assumed to be positive.
There are three types of integer constants:
Decimal Integer Constants
Integer constants consisting of a set of digits, 0 through 9, preceded by an optional – or + sign.
Example of valid decimal integer constants
341, -341, 0, 8972
Octal Integer Constants
Integer constants consisting of sequence of digits from the set 0 through 7 starting with 0 is said
to be octal integer constants.
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Example of valid octal integer constants
010, 0424, 0, 0540
Hexadecimal Integer Constants
Hexadecimal integer constants are integer constants having sequence of digits preceded by 0x or
0X. They may also include alphabets from A to F representing numbers 10 to 15.
Example of valid hexadecimal integer constants
0xD, 0X8d, 0X, 0xbD
It should be noted that, octal and hexadecimal integer constants are rarely used in programming.
Real Constants
The numbers having fractional parts are called real or floating point constants. These may be
represented in one of the two forms called fractional form or the exponent form and may also
have either + or – sign preceding it.
Example of valid real constants in fractional form or decimal notation
0.05, -0.905, 562.05, 0.015
Representing a real constant in exponent form
The general format in which a real number may be represented in exponential or scientific form
is
mantissa e exponent
The mantissa must be either an integer or a real number expressed in decimal notation.
The letter e separating the mantissa and the exponent can also be written in uppercase i.e. E
And, the exponent must be an integer.
Examples of valid real constants in exponent form are:
252E85, 0.15E-10, -3e+8
Character Constants
A character constant contains one single character enclosed within single quotes.
Examples of valid character constants
‗a‘ , ‗Z‘, ‗5‘
It should be noted that character constants have numerical values known as ASCII values, for
example, the value of ‗A‘ is 65 which is its ASCII value.
Escape Characters/ Escape Sequences
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C allows us to have certain non graphic characters in character constants. Non graphic characters
are those characters that cannot be typed directly from keyboard, for example, tabs, carriage
return, etc.
These non graphic characters can be represented by using escape sequences represented by a
backslash() followed by one or more characters.
NOTE: An escape sequence consumes only one byte of space as it represents a single character.
Escape Sequence Description
a Audible alert(bell)
b Backspace
f Form feed
n New line
r Carriage return
t Horizontal tab
v Vertical tab
\ Backslash
― Double quotation mark
‗ Single quotation mark
? Question mark
Null
STRING CONSTANTS
String constants are sequence of characters enclosed within double quotes. For example,
―hello‖
―abc‖
―hello911‖
Every sting constant is automatically terminated with a special character „‟ called thenull
character which represents the end of the string.
For example, ―hello‖ will represent ―hello‖ in the memory.
Thus, the size of the string is the total number of characters plus one for the null character.
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Special Symbols
The following special symbols are used in C having some special meaning and thus, cannot be
used for some other purpose.
[] () {} , ; : * … = #
Braces{}: These opening and ending curly braces marks the start and end of a block of code
containing more than one executable statement.
Parentheses(): These special symbols are used to indicate function calls and function
parameters.
Brackets[]: Opening and closing brackets are used as array element reference. These indicate
single and multidimensional subscripts.
VARIABLES
A variable is nothing but a name given to a storage area that our programs can manipulate. Each
variable in C has a specific type, which determines the size and layout of the variable's memory;
the range of values that can be stored within that memory; and the set of operations that can be
applied to the variable.
The name of a variable can be composed of letters, digits, and the underscore character. It must
begin with either a letter or an underscore. Upper and lowercase letters are distinct because C is
case-sensitive. Based on the basic types explained in the previous chapter, there will be the
following basic variable types −
Type Description
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C programming language also allows defining various other types of variables like
Enumeration, Pointer, Array, Structure, Union, etc.
Variable Definition in C
A variable definition tells the compiler where and how much storage to create for the variable.
A variable definition specifies a data type and contains a list of one or more variables of that
type as follows −
type variable_list;
Here, type must be a valid C data type including char, w_char, int, float, double, bool, or any
user-defined object; and variable_list may consist of one or more identifier names separated by
commas. Some valid declarations are shown here −
int i, j, k;
char c, ch;
float f, salary;
double d;
The line int i, j, k; declares and defines the variables i, j, and k; which instruct the compiler to
create variables named i, j and k of type int.
Variables can be initialized (assigned an initial value) in their declaration. The initializer
consists of an equal sign followed by a constant expression as follows −
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Variable Declaration in C
A variable declaration provides assurance to the compiler that there exists a variable with the
given type and name so that the compiler can proceed for further compilation without requiring
the complete detail about the variable. A variable definition has its meaning at the time of
compilation only; the compiler needs actual variable definition at the time of linking the
program. A variable declaration is useful when multiple files are used.
4 Logical operators
These operators are used to perform logical
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operations on the given two variables.
ARITHMETIC OPERATORS IN C
C Arithmetic operators are used to perform mathematical calculations like addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division and modulus in C programs.
Arithmetic
S.no Operators Operation Example
1 + Addition A+B
2 – Subtraction A-B
3 * multiplication A*B
4 / Division A/B
5 % Modulus A%B
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#include <stdio.h>
int main()
add = a+b;
sub = a-b;
mul = a*b;
div = a/b;
mod = a%b;
OUTPUT:
Addition of a, b is : 60
Subtraction of a, b is : 20
Multiplication of a, b is : 800
Division of a, b is : 2
Modulus of a, b is : 0
ASSIGNMENT OPERATORS IN C
In C programs, values for the variables are assigned using assignment operators.
For example, if the value ―10‖ is to be assigned for the variable ―sum‖, it can be assigned as
―sum = 10;‖
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Operators Example Explanation
Simple
assignment 10 is assigned
operator = sum = 10 to variable sum
This is same as
-= sum -= 10 sum = sum – 10
This is same as
/+ sum /= 10 sum = sum / 10
This is same as
sum %= sum = sum %
%= 10 10
This is same as
sum = sum &
&= sum&=10 10
Compound
assignment sum ^= This is same as
operators ^= 10 sum = sum ^ 10
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# include <stdio.h>
int main()
int Total=0,i;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
OUTPUT:
Total = 45
RELATIONAL OPERATORS IN C
Relational operators are used to find the relation between two variables. i.e. to compare the
values of two variables in a C program.
x is greater than
1 > x>y y
x is greater than
3 >= x >= y or equal to y
x is less than or
4 <= x <= y equal to y
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5 == x == y x is equal to y
x is not equal to
6 != x != y y
int main()
int m=40,n=20;
if (m == n)
else
OUTPUT:
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LOGICAL OPERATORS IN C
These operators are used to perform logical operations on the given expressions.
There are 3 logical operators in C language. They are, logical AND (&&), logical OR (||) and
logical NOT (!).
It returns true
when both
logical conditions
1 && AND (x>5)&&(y<5) are true
It returns true
when at-least
one of the
logical condition is
2 || OR (x>=10)||(y>=10) true
It reverses the
state of the
operand
―((x>5) &&
(y<5))‖
If ―((x>5)
&& (y<5))‖
is true,
logical NOT
logical operator
3 ! NOT !((x>5)&&(y<5)) makes it false
int main()
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int m=40,n=20;
int o=20,p=30;
if (o>p || p!=20)
else
OUTPUT:
In this program, operators (&&, || and !) are used to perform logical operations on the given
expressions.
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&& operator – ―if clause‖ becomes true only when both conditions (m>n and m! =0) is true.
Else, it becomes false.
|| Operator – ―if clause‖ becomes true when any one of the condition (o>p || p!=20) is true. It
becomes false when none of the condition is true.
! Operator – It is used to reverses the state of the operand.
If the conditions (m>n && m!=0) is true, true (1) is returned. This value is inverted by ―!‖
operator.
So, ―! (m>n and m! =0)‖ returns false (0).
x x
& ^
x y x|y y y Operator_symbol Operator_name
0 0 0 0 0 & Bitwise_AND
0 1 1 0 1 | Bitwise OR
1 0 1 0 1 ~ Bitwise_NOT
1 1 1 1 0 ^ XOR
Consider x=40 and y=80. Binary form of these values are given below.
x = 00101000
y= 01010000
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All bit wise operations for x and y are given below.
x&y = 00000000 (binary) = 0 (decimal)
x|y = 01111000 (binary) = 120 (decimal)
~x = 11111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111010111
.. ..= -41 (decimal)
x^y = 01111000 (binary) = 120 (decimal)
x << 1 = 01010000 (binary) = 80 (decimal)
x >> 1 = 00010100 (binary) = 20 (decimal)
Note:
Bit wise NOT: Value of 40 in binary
is0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010100000000000. So, all 0‘s are
converted into 1‘s in bit wise NOT operation.
Bit wise left shift and right shift : In left shift operation ―x << 1 ―, 1 means that the bits will be
left shifted by one place. If we use it as ―x << 2 ―, then, it means that the bits will be left shifted
by 2 places.
int main()
AND_opr = (m&n);
OR_opr = (m|n);
NOT_opr = (~m);
XOR_opr = (m^n);
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printf("XOR_opr value = %d\n",XOR_opr );
OUTPUT:
AND_opr value = 0
OR_opr value = 120
NOT_opr value = -41
XOR_opr value = 120
left_shift value = 80
right_shift value = 20
In above example, if A is greater than 100, 0 is returned else 1 is returned. This is equal to if else
conditional statements.
int main()
int x=1, y ;
y = ( x ==1 ? 2 : 0 ) ;
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}
OUTPUT:
x value is 1
y value is 2
C – Increment/decrement Operators
PREVNEXT
Increment operators are used to increase the value of the variable by one and decrement
operators are used to decrease the value of the variable by one in C programs.
Syntax:
Increment operator: ++var_name ;( or) var_name++;
Decrement operator: – -var_name; (or) var_name – -;
Example:
Increment operator : ++ i ; i ++ ;
Decrement operator : – – i ; i – – ;
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int i=1;
while(i<10)
printf("%d ",i);
i++;
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OUTPUT:
123456789
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int i=20;
while(i>10)
printf("%d ",i);
i--;
OUTPUT:
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
1 Pre increment
++i Value of i is
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incremented before
assigning it to variable
i.
Value of i is
incremented after
i++ assigning it to variable
2 Post–increment i.
Value of i is
decremented before
— –i assigning it to variable
3 Pre decrement i.
Value of i is
decremented after
i– — assigning it to variable
4 Post_decrement i.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int i=0;
while(++i < 5 )
printf("%d ",i);
return 0;
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OUTPUT:
1234
int main()
int i=0;
while(i++ < 5 )
printf("%d ",i);
return 0;
OUTPUT:
12345
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EXAMPLE PROGRAM FOR PRE – DECREMENT OPERATORS IN C
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int i=10;
while(--i > 5 )
printf("%d ",i);
return 0;
OUTPUT:
9876
int main()
int i=10;
while(i-- > 5 )
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printf("%d ",i);
return 0;
OUTPUT:
98765
SPECIAL OPERATORS IN C:
Below are some of special operators that C language offers.
S.no Operators Description
Example : * a where, * is
2 * pointer to the variable a.
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EXAMPLE PROGRAM FOR & AND * OPERATORS IN C
In this program, ―&‖ symbol is used to get the address of the variable and ―*‖ symbol is
used to get the value of the variable that the pointer is pointing to. Please refer C –
pointer topic to know more about pointers.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int *ptr, q;
q = 50;
ptr = &q;
printf("%d", *ptr);
return 0;
OUTPUT:
50
#include <limits.h>
int main()
int a;
char b;
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float c;
double d;
return 0;
OUTPUT:
EXPRESSIONS
Arithmetic expression in C is a combination of variables, constants and operators written in a
proper syntax. C can easily handle any complex mathematical expressions but these
mathematical expressions have to be written in a proper syntax. Some examples of mathematical
expressions written in proper syntax of C are
Note: C does not have any operator for exponentiation.
C operators in order of precedence (highest to lowest). Their associativity indicates in what order
operators of equal precedence in an expression are applied.
Operator Description Associativity
() Parentheses (function call) (see Note 1) left-to-right
[] Brackets (array subscript)
. Member selection via object name
-> Member selection via pointer
++ -- Postfix increment/decrement (see Note 2)
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++ -- Prefix increment/decrement right-to-left
+- Unary plus/minus
!~ Logical negation/bitwise complement
(type) Cast (convert value to temporary value of type)
* Dereference
& Address (of operand)
sizeof Determine size in bytes on this implementation
* / % Multiplication/division/modulus left-to-right
+ - Addition/subtraction left-to-right
<< >> Bitwise shift left, Bitwise shift right left-to-right
< <= Relational less than/less than or equal to left-to-right
> >= Relational greater than/greater than or equal to
== != Relational is equal to/is not equal to left-to-right
& Bitwise AND left-to-right
^ Bitwise exclusive OR left-to-right
| Bitwise inclusive OR left-to-right
&& Logical AND left-to-right
|| Logical OR left-to-right
?: Ternary conditional right-to-left
= Assignment right-to-left
+= -= Addition/subtraction assignment
*= /= Multiplication/division assignment
%= &= Modulus/bitwise AND assignment
^= |= Bitwise exclusive/inclusive OR assignment
<<= >>= Bitwise shift left/right assignment
, Comma (separate expressions) left-to-right
Note 1:
Parentheses are also used to group sub-expressions to force a different
precedence; such parenthetical expressions can be nested and are
evaluated from inner to outer.
Note 2:
Postfix increment/decrement have high precedence, but the actual
increment or decrement of the operand is delayed (to be accomplished
sometime before the statement completes execution). So in the
statement y = x * z++; the current value of z is used to evaluate the
expression (i.e., z++ evaluates to z) and z only incremented after all else
is done.
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EVALUATION OF EXPRESSION
At first, the expressions within parenthesis are evaluated. If no parenthesis is present, then the
arithmetic expression is evaluated from left to right. There are two priority levels of operators in
C.
High priority: * / %
Low priority: + -
The evaluation procedure of an arithmetic expression includes two left to right passes through
the entire expression. In the first pass, the high priority operators are applied as they are
encountered and in the second pass, low priority operations are applied as they are encountered.
Suppose, we have an arithmetic expression as:
x = 9 – 12 / 3 + 3 *2 - 1
This expression is evaluated in two left to right passes as:
First Pass
Step 1: x = 9-4 + 3 * 2 – 1
Step 2: x = 9 – 4 + 6 – 1
Second Pass
Step 1: x = 5 + 6 – 1
Step 2: x = 11 – 1
Step 3: x = 10
But when parenthesis is used in the same expression, the order of evaluation gets changed.
For example,
x = 9 – 12 / (3 + 3) * (2 – 1)
When parentheses are present then the expression inside the parenthesis are evaluated first from
left to right. The expression is now evaluated in three passes as:
First Pass
Step 1: x = 9 – 12 / 6 * (2 – 1)
Step 2: x= 9 – 12 / 6 * 1
Second Pass
Step 1: x= 9 – 2 * 1
Step 2: x = 9 – 2
Third Pass
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Step 3: x= 7
There may even arise a case where nested parentheses are present (i.e. parenthesis inside
parenthesis). In such case, the expression inside the innermost set of parentheses is evaluated
first and then the outer parentheses are evaluated.
For example, we have an expression as:
x = 9 – ((12 / 3) + 3 * 2) – 1
The expression is now evaluated as:
First Pass:
Step 1: x = 9 – (4 + 3 * 2) – 1
Step 2: x= 9 – (4 + 6) – 1
Step 3: x= 9 – 10 -1
Second Pass
Step 1: x= - 1 – 1
Step 2: x = -2
Note: The number of evaluation steps is equal to the number of operators in the arithmetic
expression.
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Else, if either of the operand is float, then others are converted to float.
Else, if either of the operand is unsigned long int, then others will be converted to unsigned long
int.
Else, if one of the operand is long int, and the other is unsigned int, then
if a long int can represent all values of an unsigned int, the unsigned int is converted to long int.
otherwise, both operands are converted to unsigned long int.
Else, if either operand is long int then other will be converted to long int.
Else, if either operand is unsigned int then others will be converted to unsigned int.
It should be noted that the final result of expression is converted to type of variable on left side
of assignment operator before assigning value to it.
Also, conversion of float to int causes truncation of fractional part, conversion of double to float
causes rounding of digits and the conversion of long int to int causes dropping of excess higher
order bits.
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FORMATTED INPUT AND OUTPUT
The C Programming Language is also called the Mother of languages. The C language was
developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 and is a second and third generation of
languages. The C language provides both low and high level features it provides both the power
of low-level languages and the flexibility and simplicity of high-level languages.
C provides standard functions scanf() and printf(), for performing formatted input and output.
These functions accept, as parameters, a format specification string and a list of variables.
The format specification string is a character string that specifies the data type of each variable to
be input or output and the size or width of the input and output.
Now to discuss formatted output in functions.
Formatted Output
The function printf() is used for formatted output to standard output based on a format
specification. The format specification string, along with the data to be output, are the parameters
to the printf() function.
Syntax:
printf (format, data1, data2,……..);
In this syntax format is the format specification string. This string contains, for each variable to
be output, a specification beginning with the symbol % followed by a character called the
conversion character.
Example:
printf (―%c‖, data1);
The character specified after % is called a conversion character because it allows one data type to
be converted to another type and printed.
See the following table conversion character and their meanings.
Conversion Meaning
Character
d The data is converted to decimal (integer)
c The data is taken as a character.
s The data is a string and character from the string , are printed until a NULL,
character is reached.
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f The data is output as float or double with a default Precision 6.
Symbols Meaning
\n For new line (linefeed return)
\t For tab space (equivalent of 8 spaces)
Example
printf (―%c\n‖,data1);
The format specification string may also have text.
Example
printf (―Character is:‖%c\n‖, data1);
The text "Character is:" is printed out along with the value of data1.
Example with program
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
Main()
{
Char alphabh="A";
int number1= 55;
float number2=22.34;
printf(―char= %c\n‖,alphabh);
printf(―int= %d\n‖,number1);
printf(―float= %f\n‖,number2);
getch();
clrscr();
retrun 0;
}
Output Here…
char =A
int= 55
flaot=22.340000
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What is the output of the statement?
printf(―Integer is: %d; Alphabet is:%c\n‖,number1, alpha);
Where number1 contains 44 and alpha contains "Krishna Singh".
Give the answer below.
Between the character % and the conversion character, there may be:
A minus sign: Denoting left adjustment of the data.
A digit: Specifying the minimum width in which the data is to be output, if the data has a
larger number of characters then the specified width occupied by the output is larger. If
the data consists of fewer characters then the specified width, it is padded to the right or
to the left (if minus sign is not specified) with blanks. If the digit is prefixed with a zero,
the padding is done with zeros instead of blanks.
A period: Separating the width from the next digit.
A digit following the period: specifying the precision (number of decimal places for
numeric data) or the maximum number of characters to be output.
Letter 1: To indicate that the data item is a long integer and not an int.
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|%15.5s| ―Output sting‖ |Output|
|%f| 87.65 |87.650000|
|%.4.1s| 87.65 |87.71|
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respectively. This is how data names are specified in a scnaf() function. In case of string type
data names, the data name is not preceded by the character &.
Example with program
Write a function to accept and display the element number and the weight of a proton. The
element number is an integer and weight is fractional.
Solve here:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
main()
{
Int e_num;
Float e_wt;
printf (―Enter the Element No. and Weight of a Proton\n‖);
scanf (―%d %f‖,&e_num, &e_wt);
printf (―The Element No.is:‖,e_num);
printf (―The Weight of a Proton is: %f\n‖, e_wt);
getch();
return 0;
}
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UNIT-II
CONTROL STRUCTURES, ARRAYS AND STRINGS
DECISION STATEMENTS
If statement:
Syntax :
if(expression)
statement1;
Explanation :
Expression is Boolean Expression
It may have true or false value
Meaning of If Statement :
It Checks whether the given Expression is Boolean or not !!
If Expression is True Then it executes the statement otherwise jumps to next_instruction
Sample Program Code :
void main()
{
int a=5,b=6,c;
c=a+b;
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if (c==11)
printf("Execute me 1");
printf("Execute me 2");
}
Output :
Execute me 1
If Statement :
if(conditional)
{
Statement No 1
Statement No 2
Statement No 3
.
.
.
Statement No N
}
Note :
More than One Conditions can be Written inside If statement.
1. Opening and Closing Braces are required only when ―Code‖ after if statement
occupies multiple lines.
if(conditional)
Statement No 1
Statement No 2
Statement No 3
In the above example only Statement 1 is a part of if Statement.
1. Code will be executed if condition statement is True.
2. Non-Zero Number Inside if means “TRUE Condition”
if(100)
printf("True Condition");
if-else Statement :
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We can use if-else statement in c programming so that we can check any condition and
depending on the outcome of the condition we can follow appropriate path. We have true path as
well as false path.
Syntax :
if(expression)
{
statement1;
statement2;
}
else
{
statement1;
statement2;
}
next_statement;
Explanation :
If expression is True then Statement1 and Statement2 are executed
Otherwise Statement3 and Statement4 are executed.
Sample Program on if-else Statement :
void main()
{
int marks=50;
if(marks>=40)
{
printf("Student is Pass");
}
else
{
printf("Student is Fail");
}
}
Output :
Student is Pass
Flowchart : If Else Statement
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Consider Example 1 with Explanation:
Consider Following Example –
int num = 20;
if(num == 20)
{
printf("True Block");
}
else
{
printf("False Block");
}
If part Executed if Condition Statement is True.
if(num == 20)
{
printf("True Block");
}
True Block will be executed if condition is True.
Else Part executed if Condition Statement is False.
else
{
printf("False Block");
}
Consider Example 2 with Explanation :
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More than One Conditions can be Written inside If statement.
int num1 = 20;
int num2 = 40;
if(num == 20)
{
printf("True Block");
}
else
{
printf("False Block");
}
If part Executed if Condition Statement is True.
if(num == 20)
{
printf("True Block");
}
True Block will be executed if condition is True.
Else Part executed if Condition Statement is False.
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else
{
printf("False Block");
}
More than One Conditions can be Written inside If statement.
int num1 = 20;
int num2 = 40;
Switch statement
Why we should use Switch Case?
One of the classic problem encountered in nested if-else / else-if ladderis
called problem of Confusion.
It occurs when no matching else is available for if .
As the number of alternatives increases the Complexity of program increases
drastically.
To overcome this , C Provide a multi-way decision statement called ‗Switch
Statement‗
See how difficult is this scenario?
if(Condition 1)
Statement 1
else
{
Statement 2
if(condition 2)
{
if(condition 3)
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statement 3
else
if(condition 4)
{
statement 4
}
}
else
{
statement 5
}
}
First Look of Switch Case
switch(expression)
{
case value1 :
body1
break;
case value2 :
body2
break;
case value3 :
body3
break;
default :
default-body
break;
}
next-statement;
Flow Diagram :
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How it works?
Switch case checks the value of expression/variable against the list of case values and
when the match is found , the block of statement associated with that case is executed
Expression should be Integer Expression / Character
Break statement takes control out of the case.
Break Statement is Optional.
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int roll = 3 ;
switch ( roll )
{
case 1:
printf ( " I am Pankaj ");
break;
case 2:
printf ( " I am Nikhil ");
break;
case 3:
printf ( " I am John ");
break;
default :
printf ( "No student found");
break;
}
}
As explained earlier –
3 is assigned to integer variable ‗roll‗
On line 5 switch case decides – ―We have to execute block of code specified in 3rd case―.
Switch Case executes code from top to bottom.
It will now enter into first Case [i.e case 1:]
It will validate Case number with variable Roll.
If no match found then it will jump to Next Case..
When it finds matching case it will execute block of code specified in that case.
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initialization;
while(condition)
{
----------
----------
---------
incrementation;
}
Note :
For Single Line of Code – Opening and Closing braces are not needed.
while(1) is used for Infinite Loop
Initialization , Incrementation and Condition steps are on different Line.
While Loop is also Entry Controlled Loop.[i.e conditions are checked if found true then and then
only code is executed ]
Do while:
Do-While Loop Syntax :
initialization;
do
{
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
incrementation;
}while(condition);
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Note :
It is Exit Controlled Loop.
Initialization , Incrementation and Condition steps are on different Line.
It is also called Bottom Tested [i.e Condition is tested at bottom and Body has to execute at least
once ]
For statement:
We have already seen the basics of Looping Statement in C. C Language provides us different
kind of looping statements such as For loop, while loop and do-while loop. In this chapter we
will be learning different flavors of for loop statement.
Different Ways of Using For Loop in C Programming
In order to do certain actions multiple times, we use loop control statements.
For loop can be implemented in different verities of using for loop –
Single Statement inside For Loop
Multiple Statements inside For Loop
No Statement inside For Loop
Semicolon at the end of For Loop
Multiple Initialization Statement inside For
Missing Initialization in For Loop
Missing Increment/Decrement Statement
Infinite For Loop
Condition with no Conditional Operator.
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Way 1 : Single Statement inside For Loop
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
printf("Hello");
Above code snippet will print Hello word 5 times.
We have single statement inside for loop body.
No need to wrap printf inside opening and closing curly block.
Curly Block is Optional.
if(condition)
{
--------
--------
}
}
If we have block of code that is to be executed multiple times then we can use curly braces to
wrap multiple statement in for loop.
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Way 3 : No Statement inside For Loop
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
{
}
this is bodyless for loop. It is used to increment value of ―i‖.This verity of for loop is not used
generally.
At the end of above for loop value of i will be 5.
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for(;i<5;i++)
{
statement1;
statement2;
statement3;
}
we have to set value of ‗i‘ before entering in the loop otherwise it will take garbage value of ‗i‘.
if(breaking condition)
break;
i++;
}
Infinite for loop must have breaking condition in order to break for loop. otherwise it will cause
overflow of stack.
Form Comment
for ( i=0 ; i < 10;i++) ; For Loop with no Body (Carefully Look at the
Semicolon)
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(i=0,j=0;i<100;i++,j++) Update Statements Separated by Comma
Statement1;
JUMP STATEMENTS:
Break statement
Break Statement Simply Terminate Loop and takes control out of the loop.
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Way 1 : Do-While Loop
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Continue statement:
loop
{
continue;
//code
}
Note :
It is used for skipping part of Loop.
Continue causes the remaining code inside a loop block to be skipped and causes execution to
jump to the top of the loop block
for
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while
do-while
Goto statement:
goto label;
-------
-------
label :
Whenever goto keyword encountered then it causes the program to continue on the line , so long
as it is in the scope .
Types of Goto
Forward
Backward
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ARRAYS:
What is an array?
An array is a collection of similar datatype that are used to allocate memory in
a sequential manner.
Syntax : <data type> <array name>[<size of an array>]
Subscript or indexing: A subscript is property of an array that distinguishes all its stored
elements because all the elements in an array having the same name (i.e. the array name). so to
distinguish these, we use subscripting or indexing option.
e.g. int ar[20];
First element will be: int ar[0];
Second element will be: int ar[1];
Third element will be: int ar[2];
Fourth element will be: int ar[3];
Fifth element will be: int ar[4];
Sixth element will be: int ar[5];
So on……………………
Last element will be: int ar[19];
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