C Programming Language Basics
C Programming Language Basics
C is a powerful general-purpose programming language. It is fast, portable, and widely used for
system and application development. C was developed in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the C language, covering its basic concepts,
1. Introduction to C Language
C is a procedural programming language that supports structured programming and recursion. It is
3. Operators
C has a wide range of operators, including arithmetic (+, -, *, /), relational (==, !=, >, <), logical (&&,
4. Control Structures
Control structures in C include if, else, switch, for, while, and do-while loops. These structures help
5. Functions
Functions are blocks of code designed to perform specific tasks. C supports both standard library
functions and user-defined functions. Functions help in organizing code and reusability.
7. Pointers
Pointers are variables that store memory addresses. They are powerful features of C that enable
direct memory manipulation and are used extensively for dynamic memory allocation.
8. File Handling
C provides file handling capabilities to create, read, write, and manipulate files. The standard
functions for file handling include fopen, fclose, fprintf, fscanf, fread, and fwrite.
These functions are essential for handling data structures whose size may change during program
execution.