Introduction to Programming

Lec 2:
Let’s build a simple C program

By:
Abdallah M A Saad
Agenda
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Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Data types
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Data is the input to our programs.
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C has 5 basic data types;
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Character (char),
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Integer (int),
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Floating point value (float),
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Double percission floating point (double),
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Void.
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You can see that, C basic data types are either text or
numbers.
Data types
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Every data type has a range of values to cover;
Data Type Size (Bytes) Range
char 1 A digit, letter or special character
Short int 2 -32,768 → 32,767
unsigned short int 2 0 → 65,535
Int 4 -2,147,483,648 → 2,147,483,647
unsigned int 4 0 → 4,294,967,295
long long int 8 -(2^63) → (2^63)-1
float 4 Up to 6 decimal places
double 8 Up to 15 decimal places
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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A simple C program
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Compilation process

Editor Disk

Preprocessor Disk

Compiler Disk

Linker Disk

Loader Disk
Main Memory
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Let’s compile and run the program

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To compile the source code;
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gcc -o hello.o hello.c

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To run the binary file;
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./hello.o
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Another C program
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Different prespectives in programming

● User prespective,
● Programmer prespective,

● Machine prespective.
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Arithmetics in C

Arithmetic operator Operation

() Parentheses

Multiplication, division,
*, /, %
modulus

+, - Addition, subtraction
Arithmetics in C

●
Calculate the results of these equations written in C
style:
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7*2/4%2 = ?
●
5*3+10/3 = ?
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8*(2+4/3)-5*2 = ?
Agenda

Data types.

A simple C program.

Compilation process.

Let’s compile and run the program.

Another C program.

Different perspectives in programming.

Arithmetic in C.

Equality and relational operators.

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Equality and relational operators

Operator Meaning Example in C Meaning of example

== equal X == y Does X equals to y?

!= Not equal X != y Does X not equals to y?

> Greater than X>y Does X greater than y?

< Less than X<y Does X less than y?

Does X greater than or equals

>= Greater than or equal X >= y
to y?
Does X less than or equals to
<= Less than or equal X <= y
y?
Many thanks for
your kind listening