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Documentation Section

The document outlines the typical sections of a C program, including: 1) Documentation section for program details 2) Link section to include libraries 3) Definition section for constants 4) Global declaration section for global variables and functions 5) Main function section containing declarations and executable code 6) Subprogram section for additional user-defined functions

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Documentation Section

The document outlines the typical sections of a C program, including: 1) Documentation section for program details 2) Link section to include libraries 3) Definition section for constants 4) Global declaration section for global variables and functions 5) Main function section containing declarations and executable code 6) Subprogram section for additional user-defined functions

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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. These
information give the program an identity and
basic authority.

2. Link section: The link section provides


instruction to the compiler to link or include
the required in-built functions from the system
library such as using the #include directive.
This is important, because if we need to use
any in-built system function we must first
include the library in which the function has
been defined.

3. Definition section: The definition section


defines all symbolic constants using
the #define directive. Having the constants
being defined here, we can use them elsewhere
in code.

4. Global declaration section: There are some


variables that are used in more than one
function; these variables are called global
variables and are declared in this global
declaration section which is outside the
definition of any function This section also
declares all the user-defined functions. As
this global scope, these functions and
variables can be used from definition of other
functions.

5. main () function section: A C program must


have one main function section in its
structure. This section contains two parts;
declaration part and executable part. However,
the content of these two parts can be mixed.
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 of the main function.
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 definition of all the user-
defined functions which were declared earlier
in the Definition Section. User-defined
functions are generally placed immediately
after the main () function, although they may
appear in any order.

All section, except the main () function section


may be absent when they are not required.

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