Advanced C Slips Solution

Slip 1)

1) Write a program to find maximum of two numbers using macro. (5 marks).

#include<stdio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

#define max(a,b) ((a)>(b) ? (a) : (b) )

Int main()

int x, y, result;

printf("Enter number 1: ");

scanf("%d", &x);

printf("Enter number 2: ");

scanf("%d", &y);

result = max(x,y);

printf("Maximum of %d and %d is %d \n", x, y, result);

return 0;

2) Write a program to accept to compute sum and average of all elements in an array using pointer.
(10 marks).

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

int *ptr, sum=0, number[10],i=0;

float average;

printf("Enter how many elemnets you want to store in an array: ");

scanf("%d",&number);

for(i=0; i<number; i++)

{

printf("\n Enter %d th element ",i);

scanf("%d",&number[i]);

i=0;

ptr=&number[0];

for(i=0;i<5;i++)

sum = sum + (*ptr++);

average=sum/number;

printf("\n Sum of array elements = %d", sum);

printf("\n Average of array elements = %f", average);

return 0;

3) Write a program to accept details of n students (roll number, name, percentage) using structure.
Display details of the student having maximum percentage. (15 marks)

#include<stdio.h>

struct student

char name[25];

int roll_no;

float percentage;

};

void main()

int number;
printf("Enter number of students data you want to accept : ");

scanf("%d", &number);

struct student s[number];

int i;

for(i=0;i<number;i++)

printf("Enter number of student %d : \n", i+1);

printf("Enter Roll Number ");

scanf("%d", &s[i].roll_no);

printf("Enter Name ");

scanf("%s", &s[i].name);

printf("Enter Percentage ");

scanf("%f", &s[i].percentage);

//find the students with the maximum percentage

int max=0;

for(i=1;i<number;i++)

if(s[i].percentage > s[max].percentage)

max=i;

printf("\n Details of the student with the maximum percentage: \n");

printf(" Roll Number : %d\n", s[max].roll_no);

printf(" Name : %s\n",s[max].name);

printf("Percentage : %f\n", s[max].percentage);

return 0;

Slip 2

1) Write a program to display the command line arguments in reverse order. (5 marks).

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

if (argc < 2)

printf("No command line arguments provided.\n");

return 1;

printf("Command line arguments in reverse order:\n");

for (int i = argc - 1; i > 0; i--)

printf("%s\n", argv[i]);

return 0;

2) Write a program to display contents of file “a.txt” on the screen. (10 marks)

#include <stdio.h>

#include <ctype.h>

int main()

FILE *file;
 char ch;

// Open file in read mode

file = fopen("a.txt", "r");

// Check if file exists and can be opened

if (file == NULL)

printf("Unable to open the file.\n");

return 1;

// Read and display contents character by character

printf("Contents of the file 'a.txt':\n");

while ((ch = fgetc(file)) != EOF)

printf("%c", ch);

// Close the file

fclose(file);

return 0;

3) Write a menu driven program to perform the following operations on strings using standard
library functions:

1. Convert string to upper case.

2. Copy one string to another.

3. Compare two strings.

4. Concatenate two strings.

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

int main()

char choice;

char str1[100], str2[100];

printf("Enter string 1: ");

scanf("%s",&str1);

printf("Enter string 2: ");

scanf("%s",&str2);

printf("\nMenu:\n");

printf("1. Convert string 1 to uppercase\n");

printf("2. Copy string 2 to string 1\n");

printf("3. Compare string 1 and string 2\n");

printf("4. Concatenate string 1 and string 2\n");

printf("Enter your choice: ");

scanf("%c", &choice);

switch(choice)

case '1':

for(int i = 0; str1[i] != '\0'; i++)

str1[i] = toupper(str1[i]);

printf("String 1 in uppercase: %s", str1);

break;
 case '2':

strcpy(str1, str2);

printf("String 2 copied to string 1: %s", str1);

break;

case '3':

if(strcmp(str1, str2) == 0)

printf("Both strings are equal.\n");

else

printf("Strings are not equal.\n");

break;

case '4':

strcat(str1, str2);

printf("Concatenated string: %s", str1);

break;

default:

printf("Invalid choice!");

return 0;

Slip 3

1) Write a program to calculate length of string using standard library function.(5 marks)

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
{
char string[25];
 printf("Enter a string : \t\t");
scanf("%s",&string);

printf("The length of entered string is : %d", strlen(string));

return 0;
}

2) Write a program to allocate memory dynamically for n integers. Accept the elements and
calculate their sum and average.(10 marks)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
int n, *arr, sum = 0;
float average;

printf("Enter the number of integers: ");

scanf("%d", &n);

arr = (int*) malloc(n * sizeof(int));

if (arr == NULL)
{
printf("Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}

printf("Enter %d integers:\n", n);

for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
sum += arr[i];
}

average = (float)sum / n;

printf("Sum of the integers: %d\n", sum);

printf("Average of the integers: %f\n", average);

free(arr);

return 0;
}

3) Write a program to declare a structure person (name, address) which

Contains another structure birthdate (day, month, year). Accept the details
of n persons and display them. (15 marks)
#include <stdio.h>

struct birthdate
{
int day;
int month;
int year;
};

struct person
{
char name[50];
char address[100];
struct birthdate dob;
};

int main()
{
int n;

printf("Enter the number of persons: ");

scanf("%d", &n);

// Array of structures to store persons

struct person persons[n];

// Input details for each person

for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
printf("\nEnter details for person %d:\n", i + 1);
printf("Name: ");
scanf("%s", persons[i].name);
printf("Address: ");
scanf("%s", persons[i].address);
printf("Enter birthdate (day month year): ");
scanf("%d %d %d", &persons[i].dob.day, &persons[i].dob.month, &persons[i].dob.year);
}

// Display details of each person

printf("\nDetails of persons:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
printf("\nPerson %d:\n", i + 1);
printf("Name: %s\n", persons[i].name);
 printf("Address: %s\n", persons[i].address);
printf("Birthdate: %d/%d/%d\n", persons[i].dob.day, persons[i].dob.month,
persons[i].dob.year);
}

return 0;
}

Slip 4

1) Write a program to calculate sum of two numbers. Pass the numbers as command line
arguments.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

{
// Check if exactly two command-line arguments are provided
if (argc != 3)
{
printf("Usage: %s <number1> <number2> \n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}

// Convert command-line arguments to integers

int num1 = atoi(argv[1]);
int num2 = atoi(argv[2]);

int sum = num1 + num2;

printf("Sum of %d and %d is %d\n", num1, num2, sum);

return 0;
}

2) Write a program to create student structure having fields roll no, name. Accept details of
one student and write a function to display the details.

#include <stdio.h>

struct student
{
int roll_no;
char name[50];
};
 void displayStudent(struct student s)
{
printf("Roll No: %d\n", s.roll_no);
printf("Name: %s\n", s.name);
}

int main()
{
struct student s;

printf("Enter Roll No: ");

scanf("%d", &s.roll_no);
printf("Enter Name: ");
scanf("%s", &s.name);

printf("\nDetails of the student:\n");

displayStudent(s);

return 0;
}

3) Write a program to copy contents of file a.txt to b.txt by changing the case of each
alphabet.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()
{
FILE *sourceFile, *destinationFile;
char ch;

// Open source file in read mode

sourceFile = fopen("a.txt", "r");

// Check if source file exists and can be opened

if (sourceFile == NULL)
{
printf("Unable to open the source file.\n");
return 1;
}

// Open destination file in write mode

destinationFile = fopen("b.txt", "w");

// Check if destination file can be opened

if (destinationFile == NULL) {
 printf("Unable to create/open the destination file.\n");
fclose(sourceFile); // Close the source file
return 1;
}

// Copy contents of source file to destination file, changing case

while ((ch = fgetc(sourceFile)) != EOF) {
if (islower(ch))
ch = toupper(ch);
else if (isupper(ch))
ch = tolower(ch);

fputc(ch, destinationFile);
}

// Close the files

fclose(sourceFile);
fclose(destinationFile);

printf("Contents of file 'a.txt' copied to 'b.txt' with case changed.\n");

return 0;
}

Slip 5

1) Write a program to interchange two numbers using pointers.

#include <stdio.h>

void interchange(int *a, int *b)

{
int temp = *a;
*a = *b;
*b = temp;
}

int main()
{
int num1, num2;

printf("Enter the first number: ");

scanf("%d", &num1);
printf("Enter the second number: ");
scanf("%d", &num2);

printf("\nOriginal numbers: num1 = %d, num2 = %d\n", num1, num2);

 interchange(&num1, &num2);

printf("Numbers after interchange: num1 = %d, num2 = %d\n", num1, num2);

return 0;
}

2) Write a program to perform the following operations on two strings using standard library
functions:

a. Copy b. Compare

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

void copy_strings(char *str1, char *str2)

strcpy(str2, str1);

int compare_strings(char *str1, char *str2)

return strcmp(str1, str2);

int main()

char str1[100], str2[100];

printf("Enter the first string: ");

scanf("%s", str1);
 printf("Enter the second string: ");

scanf("%s", str2);

copy_strings(str1, str2);

int comparison_result = compare_strings(str1, str2);

printf("Copied string: %s\n", str2);

if (comparison_result == 0)

printf("Strings are equal\n");

else

printf("Strings are not equal\n");

return 0;

3) Write a program to read the contents of a text file and count the number of characters, lines
and words in the file.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

#define MAX_FILE_NAME 100

#define MAX_WORD_LENGTH 50

int main()
{
 FILE *file;
char filename[MAX_FILE_NAME];
char word[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
int charCount = 0, wordCount = 0, lineCount = 0;
char ch;

printf("Enter the filename: ");

scanf("%s", filename);

file = fopen(filename, "r");

if (file == NULL)
{
printf("Could not open file %s", filename);
return 1;
}

while ((ch = fgetc(file)) != EOF)

{
charCount++;

if (isspace(ch))
{
wordCount++;
}

if (ch == '\n')
{
lineCount++;
}
}

wordCount++;

printf("Number of characters: %d\n", charCount);

printf("Number of words: %d\n", wordCount);
printf("Number of lines: %d\n", lineCount);

fclose(file);

return 0;
}

Slip 6

1) Write a C program to compare two strings using standard library function. (5 marks)
 #include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

int main() {

char str1[100], str2[100];

printf("Enter the first string: ");

scanf("%s", str1);

printf("Enter the second string: ");

scanf("%s", str2);

if (strcmp(str1, str2) == 0) {

printf("Strings are equal.\n");

} else {

printf("Strings are not equal.\n");

return 0;

2) Write a C program to copy contents of one file to another file. (10 marks)

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {

FILE *sourceFile, *destinationFile;

char sourceFileName[100], destinationFileName[100];

char ch;

// Input source file name

printf("Enter the source file name: ");

scanf("%s", sourceFileName);

// Input destination file name

printf("Enter the destination file name: ");

scanf("%s", destinationFileName);

// Open source file in read mode

sourceFile = fopen(sourceFileName, "r");

if (sourceFile == NULL) {

printf("Unable to open source file.\n");

return 1;

// Open destination file in write mode

destinationFile = fopen(destinationFileName, "w");

if (destinationFile == NULL) {

printf("Unable to create or open destination file.\n");

fclose(sourceFile);

return 1;

// Copy contents character by character

while ((ch = fgetc(sourceFile)) != EOF) {

fputc(ch, destinationFile);

printf("File copied successfully.\n");

 // Close files

fclose(sourceFile);

fclose(destinationFile);

return 0;

3) Write a C program to create structure employee (id, name, salary). Accept details of n
employees and perform the following operations:
a. Display all employees.

b. Display details of all employees having salary > ____.

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

struct Employee

int id;

char name[50];

float salary;

};

int main()

int n, i;

float minSalary;

printf("Enter the number of employees: ");

scanf("%d", &n);

struct Employee *employees = (struct Employee *)malloc(n * sizeof(struct Employee));

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)

printf("\n Enter details for employee %d:\n", i + 1);

 printf("ID: ");

scanf("%d", &employees[i].id);

printf("Name: ");

scanf("%s", employees[i].name);

printf("Salary: ");

scanf("%f", &employees[i].salary);

printf("\nAll employees:\n");

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)

printf("ID: %d, Name: %s, Salary: %.f\n", employees[i].id, employees[i].name,

employees[i].salary);

printf("\nEnter the minimum salary for filtering: ");

scanf("%f", &minSalary);

printf("\nEmployees with salary greater than %.f : \n", minSalary);

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)

if (employees[i].salary > minSalary)

printf("ID: %d, Name: %s, Salary: %.f\n", employees[i].id, employees[i].name,

employees[i].salary);

free(employees);

return 0;

Slip 7

1) Write a C program to find maximum of two numbers using macro.

 #include <stdio.h>
#define MAX(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))

int main() {
int num1, num2;

// Input two numbers

printf("Enter the first number: ");
scanf("%d", &num1);
printf("Enter the second number: ");
scanf("%d", &num2);

int maximum = MAX(num1, num2);

printf("Maximum of %d and %d is %d.\n", num1, num2, maximum);

return 0;
}

2) Write a C program to store the squares of numbers 1 to n in “squares.txt” file.

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int n;

// Input the value of n

printf("Enter the value of n: ");

scanf("%d", &n);

// Open file for writing

FILE *file = fopen("squares.txt", "w");

// Check if file was opened successfully

if (file == NULL) {

printf("Error opening file!\n");

return 1;
 }

for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

fprintf(file, "%d^2 = %d\n", i, i * i);

fclose(file);

printf("Squares of numbers from 1 to %d have been written to squares.txt\n", n);

return 0;

3) Write a C program to accept n elements using dynamic memory allocation and calculate the
sum and average of the elements. Also find the largest element.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
int n, i;
float *arr, sum = 0, average, largest;

printf("Enter the number of elements: ");

scanf("%d", &n);

// Dynamically allocate memory for the array

arr = (float *)malloc(n * sizeof(float));

// Check if memory allocation was successful

if (arr == NULL) {
printf("Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}

// Input elements
printf("Enter %d elements:\n", n);
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 {
scanf("%f", &arr[i]);
}

// Calculate sum and find largest element

largest = arr[0];
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
sum += arr[i];
if (arr[i] > largest) {
largest = arr[i];
}
}

// Calculate average
average = sum / n;

// Output sum, average, and largest element

printf("Sum: %f\n", sum);
printf("Average: %f\n", average);
printf("Largest element: %f\n", largest);

free(arr);

return 0;
}

Slip 8

1) Write a C program for swapping two numbers using pointers.

#include <stdio.h>

void swap(int *num1, int *num2)

{
int temp = *num1;
*num1 = *num2;
*num2 = temp;
}

int main()
{
int num1, num2;

// Input two numbers

printf("Enter the first number: ");
scanf("%d", &num1);
printf("Enter the second number: ");
 scanf("%d", &num2);

swap(&num1, &num2);

printf("After swapping:\n");
printf("First number: %d\n", num1);
printf("Second number: %d\n", num2);

return 0;
}

2) Write a C program to count the number of vowels and consonants in a string.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main() {
char str[100];
int vowels = 0, consonants = 0, i;

// Input string from user

printf("Enter a string: ");
fgets(str, sizeof(str), stdin);

// Iterate through each character of the string

for (i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++)
{
char ch = tolower(str[i]);

if ((ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z'))

{

if (ch == 'a' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'i' || ch == 'o' || ch == 'u')

{
vowels++;
} else
{
consonants++;
}
}
}

printf("Number of vowels: %d\n", vowels);

printf("Number of consonants: %d\n", consonants);

return 0;
}
3) Write a C program to accept details of n items (code, name, price) using structure.
Perform the following operations:
a. Display all items having price > ___

b. Search for an item by name.