Detailed Course Information

Introduction

• Objects and overview of the course
• What is C? The development of the computer languages
• The development of C
• The compilation and linking process

• Getting started: Installing the compiler and creating a new folder
• Running the “Hello World” program
• Running the “Hello You” program
• The compilation and linking process

• The structure of C programs
• The general structure
• The statement sin main
• Data Types: Integer, Boolean
• Variables – Names, declarations
• The assignment operator
• Expressions – Arithmetic, Boolean
• Arithmetic expressions
• Operands and operators
• Constructing complex expressions with operands
• The expressions in the addMul program
• Boolean expressions
• Simple input and output
• Summary

• The if statement
• Basic if statements
• If/Else statements
• Multiline if statements
• The ?: operator
• Cascading if statements
• Structure and operation
• The if/else blocking rule
• The switch statement
• The while statement
• How do loops operate?
• While loops – structure and operation
• Abbreviations
• Using sentinel values
• A different approach – infinite loops
• Drawing Circles
• The for statement
• For loops – structure and operation
• Nested for loops
• Evaluation of Boolean expressions in C
• Summary – Part 1
• Summary – Part 2

• Hardware – 7.1.1 Components
• Basic if statements
• Memory
• C.P.U.
• I/O devices
• Secondary storage devices
• A historical point of view
• Software
• Computer languages
• Summary – The general picture

• Constants
• The floating point data type
• Problem solving – algorithms and the flow of charts
• The quadratic equation
• Problem solving – algorithms and the flow of charts
• GCD – The brute force way
• Problem solving – algorithms and the flow of charts
• GCD- Euclid’s algorithm
• Flow Charts
• The string data type – Definition
• Simple operations with strings
• Controlling the out display