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Video 1 Introduction To C Programming

C programming Introduction

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Video 1 – Introduction to C Programming

 One of the most popular computer languages


 Structured high level languages
 Developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972
 Efficient and fast coding language
 Supported in all operating systems and hardwares
 Lots of compilers are available

Character Set

The basic source character set for C language includes:

1. Letters:
a. Uppercase letters : A, B, C, …, Z
b. Lowercase letters : a, b, c, …, z
2. Digits: 0, 1, 2, …, 9
3. Special characters: , . : ; ! “ ^ & * ( ) { } [ ] < > |\ / _ ~ etc.
4. White space characters:

Token in C

 Tokens are the smallest individual units in a program


 It includes:
o Identifiers - user specified names
o Keywords – words with predefined meanings specific to C
o Constants – Fixed values like integer, character, float
o Strings – sequence of characters
o Other symbols

Identifiers and Keywords

 Keywords have a specific meaning


 It has a predefined purpose
 Identifiers are names given to variables on our choice
 Keywords MUST NOT be used as identifiers

Identifiers
 An identifier refers to the name given to a variable or a function.
 The rules to write an identifier name on C are:
o Identifier name in C can have letters, digits or underscores.
o The first character of an identifier name mist be a letter or an
underscore. The first character of an identifier name cannot
be a digit.
o No special character (except underscore), blank space and
comma can be used in an identifier name.
o Keywords or reserved words should not be used as identifier.

Keywords

 Keyword is a reserved word that has a particular meaning in the


programming language
 The meaning of a keyword is predefined
 A keyword cannot be used as an identifier name in C language.

List of Keywords in C

S.N Keyword S.N Keyword S.N Keyword S.N Keyword


o. o. o. o.
1 auto 9 double 17 int 25 struct
2 break 10 else 18 long 26 switch
3 case 11 enum 19 register 27 typedef
4 char 12 extern 20 return 28 union
5 const 13 float 21 short 29 unsigned
6 continue 14 for 22 signed 30 void
7 default 15 goto 23 sizeof 31 volatile
8 do 16 if 24 static 32 while

Variable declaration and initialisation

Int age;
Comments

 A single line comment starts with two forward slashes (i.e //) and is
automatically terminated with the end of line.
 A multi-line comment starts with /* and terminates with */. A multi-line
comment is used when multiple lines of text are to be commented.
 Comment lines are not executable statements and therefore anything
between /* and */ is ignored by the compiler.

Introduction to Programming

 Each statement should end with a semicolon


Eg: int a;
a+b=c;
 The execution begins at this line main(). The main( ) is a special
function used by the C system to tell the computer where the program
starts. Every program must have exactly one main function.

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