620 - Introduction to C Programming

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
• Course Objectives
• Prerequisites
• Course Series
• Course Topics

Course Objectives

• Write and Execute a C Program
• Declare and Use C variables and datatypes
• Use C's branching and looping constructions
• Perform input and output from a C program
• Use C functions and paramter passing
• Use C pointers, arrays, and strings
• Use the C preprocessor
• Design a multi-file C program

Prerequisites

Course Series

Shell Programming for Unix Systems
Introduction to C Programming
Introduction to C++ Programming
Applications Programming for Unix Systems
SCO UnixWare 2.1 Internals
Writing UnixWare 2.1 Device Drivers

Course Topics

• The Programming Environment
  • The Development Cycle
  • The cc Command
  • The lint Command
  • The cb Command
• A Simple C Program
  • Basic C Program Structure
  • Simple Operators
  • Basic I/O
• Variables, Constants, and Operators
  • Variables
  • Constants
  • C Operators
  • Conversions and Type Casts
• Looping Constructs
  • The for Statement
  • The while Statement
  • The do-while Statement
• Decision-Making Constructs
  • Simple if Statement
  • The if-else Statement
  • The switch Statement
  • Conditional Expression
• Arrays
  • Using Arrays
  • Character Strings
  • Multidimensional Arrays
• Functions
  • Writing Functions
  • Returning a Value from a Function
  • Functions Calling Functions
  • Passing Arrays to a Function
  • Variable Scope
  • Automatic and Static Variables
  • Recursive Functions
• Structures
  • Declaration and Initialization of a Structure
  • Structures and Functions
  • Arrays of Structures
  • Structures within Structures
  • Arrays within Structures
• Pointers
  • Introduction to Indirection
  • Pointers and Structures
  • Linked Lists
  • Dynamic Linked Lists
  • Changing Values in Function
  • Pointers and Arrays
  • Pointers to Functions
• Character Strings
  • Using Character Strings
  • Character I/O
  • String Functions
  • Escape Sequences
  • String Conversions
• File I/O
  • Standard I/O
  • I/O Redirection
  • Stream I/O
  • Formatted I/O
  • Character I/O
  • String I/O
  • Buffered Binary I/O
  • Additional I/O Functions
  • Buffer I/O
  • Low-Level I/O
• Additional Data Types and Topics
  • Program Jumps
  • Unions
  • Structure Bit Fields
  • Enumerated Data Type
  • Using typedefs
  • Command-Line Arguments
• The Preprocessor
  • The #define Directive
  • The include Directive
  • The #ifdeh, #ifndef, #else, #undef, and #endif Directives
  • The #pragma Directive
  • Compiler Options for the Preprocessor
• Modular Development
  • External Variables and Functions
  • Linking Modules
  • Compiler Options