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CPL Lecture-01

This document provides an introduction to the C programming language. It discusses key aspects of C including program structure, header files, the main function, comments, data types, variables, and input/output. C is a structured programming language that supports functions and comments to make code more readable and maintainable by breaking programs into smaller modules. The main function acts as the entry point for a C program.

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CPL Lecture-01

This document provides an introduction to the C programming language. It discusses key aspects of C including program structure, header files, the main function, comments, data types, variables, and input/output. C is a structured programming language that supports functions and comments to make code more readable and maintainable by breaking programs into smaller modules. The main function acts as the entry point for a C program.

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Computer Programming

Language
Instructor: Jarin Tasnim
Email: [email protected]
Number: 01844505100
Introduction to C
▪ C is a structured programming language
▪ C supports functions that enables easy maintainability of code, by breaking large file
into smaller modules
▪ Comments in C provides easy readability
▪ C is a powerful language
Program Structure
A sample C program
#include<stdio.h>
Int main()
{
other statements
//comments after double slash
}
Header Files

• The files that are specified in the include section is called as header file
• These are precompiled files that has some functions defined in them
• We can call those functions in our program by supplying parameters
• Header file is given an extension .h
• C source file is given an extension .c
Main Function

• Main() this is the entry point of a program


• When a file is executed, the start point is the main function
• From main function the flow goes as per the programmers choice.
• There may or may not be other functions written by user in a program
• Main function is compulsory for any c program
Comments in C

• Single line comment


• // (double slash)
• Termination of comment is by pressing enter key
• Multiple line comment
• /*……
………*/
• This can span over to multiple lines
Data types in C

• Primitive data types


• Int, float, double, char
• Aggregate data types
• Arrays come under this category
• Arrays can contain collection of int or float or char or double data
• User defined data types
• Structures and enum fall under this category.
Variables

• Variables are data that will keep on changing


• Declaration
• Data_type variable_name;
• int a;
• Definition/initialization
• Var_name = value
• a = 10;
• Usage
• a = a+1; // increments the value of a by 1
Rules to be maintained when writing variable
names

• Should not be a reversed word like int, float, do, while etc..
• Should start with a letter or an underscore(_)
• Can contain letters, numbers or underscore.
• No other special characters are allowed including space
• Variable names are case sensitive
• A and a are different.
Input and Output

• Input
• Scanf(“%d”, &a);
• Gets an integer value from the user and stores it under the name “a”
• Output
• Printf(“%d”, a);
• Prints the value present in variable a on the screen

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