Scribd
Upload
113 views15 pages

1 Introduction To C Programming

CSE100 introduces students to the C programming language. It covers topics such as the history and importance of C, how to set up a development environment, the basics of writing C code including comments, preprocessor macros, program structure, and identifiers. Students will learn the process of compiling and running a simple "Hello World" program to demonstrate how a C program is executed.

Uploaded by

Kaushil Kundalia
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
113 views15 pages

1 Introduction To C Programming

CSE100 introduces students to the C programming language. It covers topics such as the history and importance of C, how to set up a development environment, the basics of writing C code including comments, preprocessor macros, program structure, and identifiers. Students will learn the process of compiling and running a simple "Hello World" program to demonstrate how a C program is executed.

Uploaded by

Kaushil Kundalia
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 15

CSE100

Introduction to C Programming

Prof. Kuntal Patel


Ahmedabad University
Topics to be covered

• Introduction to C
 Features
• What is C used for?
• C vs. Other languages
• Writing First C Program
• Process of Compilation and Execution
• Required Software Environment
• Basics of C Identifiers and Keywords
Introduction to C

• Dennis Ritchie – AT&T Bell Laboratories – 1972

• Widely used today


• Embedded Systems, OS, IoT, Kernel Programming, etc.

• Extends to newer system architectures

• Efficiency / performance

• Low-level access to the system components


Versions of C

• Evolved over the years: 1972 – C invented


• 1978 – C Programming Language specification published
• 1989 – C89 standard (known as ANSI C or Standard C)
• 1990 – ANSI C adopted by ISO, known as C90
• 1999 – C99 standard
• mostly backward-compatible but not completely implemented in
many compilers
• 2007 – new C standard C1X announced (also known as C11)
• The latest Standard - ISO/IEC 9899:2018
• In this course: ANSI/ISO C onwards standard

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11_(C_standard_revision)
Latest Standard: https://www.iso.org/standard/74528.html
Importance of C

Use of C Language

Systems programming:

• OSes, like Linux


• microcontrollers: automobiles and airplanes
• Embedded processors: phones, portable electronics, etc.
• DSP processors: digital audio and TV systems...
C Language - Important features

• Based on Few pre-defined Keywords


• Structures, unions – compound data types
• Pointers for memory and arrays management
• External standard library – I/O
• Compiles to native code
• Macro preprocessor
C vs. Other related languages

More recent derivatives of C:


 C++, Objective C, C#

Influenced: Java, Perl, Python (quite different)

C lacks:
exceptions
range-checking
garbage collection• object-oriented programming
polymorphism...
Important issues in C

• It’s Low-level language - faster code execution (usually)

• No range checking
• Limited type safety at compile time
• No type checking at runtime
My first C Program - Demonstration
• You need IDE for writing, compiling and debugging C Program
• Program - Filename Extension is Always .c
• Our IDE – Dev C++ -> Editable directly in Dev C++
• Demonstration – Process of Compilation and Execution
IDE – all-in-one solution

• Popular IDEs are: Dev C++, CodeBlocks, Eclipse,


Microsoft Visual C++ (Express Edition), Xcode, . . .

• All are Integrated editor with compiler and debugger

• Very convenient for larger programs


Structure of C Program
/* Begin with comments about C Program, Authors details */

Insert #include statements and preprocessor definitions

Function prototypes and global variable declarations

Define main() function


{
Function body – statements/logic of main
}

Define other function


{
Function body - statements/logic of other function
}
……..
About Comments
Single line comments
// this is a simple comment
OR
/* this is a simple comment */

Multiple lines comments

/ ∗ This comment
Spans multiple lines ∗ /

• Completely ignored by compiler


• Can appear almost anywhere

/* First C program at SEAS – AU by Kuntal Patel */


The #include macro

• Header files: constants, functions, other declarations

• #include <stdio.h> – read the contents of the header file stdio.h

• stdio.h: standard I/O functions for console, files with basic input
and output (I/O) facilities

• stdio.h – part of the C Standard Library

• other important header files: math.h, stdlib.h, string.h, time.h

• Demonstration
Basics of C Identifiers and Keywords

Identifier naming rules in c

• Discussion and demonstrations


Topics covered

Key topics covered during session:

 Importance of C Language
 IDEs
 How to edit, compile, and debug C programs
 C programming fundamentals:
comments
preprocessor macros, including #include
Structure of C Program
the main() function
Rules of Identifiers

You might also like