Programming in C (1BEIT105/205)

Programming in C

Course Code 1BEIT105/205 
Semester I/II
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P:S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 3
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction to Computing: Computer languages, Creating and Running Programs, System Development.

Overview of C: A Brief History of C, C Is a Middle-Level Language, C Is a Structured Language, C Is a

Programmer's Language, Compilers Vs. Interpreters, The Form of a C Program, The Library and Linking,

Separate Compilation, Compiling a C Program, C's Memory Map.

Expressions: The Basic Data Types, Modifying the Basic Types, Identifier Names, Variables, The Four C

Scopes, Type Qualifiers, Storage Class Specifiers, Variable Initializations, Constants, Operators, Expressions.

Module-2

Console I/O: Reading and Writing Characters, Reading and Writing Strings, Formatted Console I/O, printf(), scanf().

Statements: True and False in C, Selection Statements, Iteration Statements, Jump Statements, Expression Statements, Block Statements.

Module-3

Arrays and Strings: Single-Dimension Arrays, Generating a Pointer to an Array, Passing Single-Dimension

Arrays to Functions, Strings, Two-Dimensional Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays, Array Initialization, Variable -Length Arrays.

Pointers: What Are Pointers?, Pointer Variables, The Pointer Operators, Pointer Expressions, Pointers and Arrays, Multiple Indirection, Initializing Pointers.

Module-4

Functions: The General Form of a Function, Understanding the Scope of a Function, Function Arguments, argc

and argv—Arguments to main(), The return Statement, What Does main() Return?, Recursion, Function

Prototypes, Declaring Variable Length Parameter Declarations, The inline Keyword.

Pointers (Contd…): Pointers to Functions, C's Dynamic Allocation Functions.

Module-5

Structures, Unions, Enumerations, and typedef: Structures, Arrays of Structures, Passing Structure to

Functions, Structure Pointers, Arrays and Structures within Structures, Unions, Bit-Fields, Enumerations,

Using sizeof to Ensure Portability, typedef.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Textbooks:

1. Schildt, Herbert. "C the complete reference", 4th Edition, Mc GrawHill.

2. Hassan Afyouni, Behrouz A. Forouzan. “A Structured Programming Approach in C”, 4th Edition,

Cengage.

Reference books:

1. Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The ‘C’ Programming Language, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall of India.

2. Reema Thareja, Programming in C, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2023.