C PROGRAMMING COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to C
- History and features of C
- Algorithms and flowcharts
- Generations of Programming Languages
Basics of C – Language
- C character set, keywords, delimiters
- Identifiers and rules
- Variables, constants, data types
- Declaring and initializing variables
Program Structure & Execution
- How a C program works
- Basic syntax and organization
Input & Output Functions
- getchar(), putchar()
- gets(), puts()
- scanf(), printf()
Operators and Expressions
- Arithmetic, assignment, relational
- Logical, bitwise, conditional, increment/decrement
- Special operators
Control Structures
- if, if-else, nested if
- switch-case, break, continue
- Loops: for, while, do-while
Arrays and Strings
- 1D, 2D array basics and memory
- Strings, manipulation, gets/puts
Pointers
- Introduction to Pointers
- Pointer arithmetic
- Pointer to pointer
- Pointer with array, functions
- Dynamic memory allocation
Functions
- Declaration, definition and calling
- Parameters: by value and reference
- Return values, recursion
Structures and Unions
- Defining and accessing structures
- Nested structures
- Pointers with structures
- Difference between structure and union
File Handling
- Types of files
- File pointers and modes
- File operations: read, write, append, fseek, etc.
- Command line arguments
