Contents

1. An Overview Of C

1.1 History of C

1.2 Computer Languages

1.3 Where ‘C’ Stands?

1.4 Program Development Cycle

1.5 The Form of a C Program

1.6 Structure of a ‘C’ Program

1.7 Compilers and Interpreters

1.8 Executing A ‘C’ Program

2. Variables, Data Types, Operator And Expression

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Character Set

2.3 C Tokens

2.4 Data Types in C

2.5 Variables

2.7 User Defined Type Declaration  

2.8 Operators and Expressions

2.9 Type Conversions in Expressions

3. Built In I/O Functions

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Unformatted Console I/O Operations

3.3 Formatted Console I/O Operations

4. Control Statements

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Selection / Decision Making Statements

4.3 Iterative Statements (LOOP Control Structure)

4.4 Jump Statements

4.5 Compound Statement

4.6 Null Statement

5. Array And String

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Array Declaration

5.3 One Dimensional Array

5.4 Multidimensional Arrays

5.5 Strings

6. Pointers

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Memory Organization

6.3 Basics of Pointers

6.4 Applications of Pointers

6.5 Using Pointers

6.6 Pointer Expression

6.7 Precedence of & AND * Operators

6.8 Pointer to Pointer

6.9 pointers to Constant Objects

6.10 Constant Pointer

6.11 Dynamic Memory Allocation

6.12 Pointers and Arrays

6.13 Pointers and Character String

6.14 Array of Pointers

7. Function

7.1 Introduction

7.2 What is a Function?

7.3 Functions and Structured Programming

7.4 How a Function Works?

7.5 Library and User Defined Functions

7.6 Function Declaration and Definition

7.7 Writing a Function

7.8 Calling a Function

7.9 Types of Functions

7.10 Methods of Passing Arguments

7.11 Functions with Variable Arguments

7.12 Arrays and Functions

7.13 Pointers and Functions

7.14 Recursion

8. Storage Classes and Scope

8.1 Meaning of Terms

8.2 Scope

8.3 Storage Classes

9. Structure, Union, Enumeration and typedef

9.1 Structures

9.2 Structures and Enumerated Data Type

9.3 Union

9.4 Difference between Structure and Union

10. C Preprocessor

10.1 What is a Preprocessor? 

10.2 Preprocessor Directives

11. File Handling

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Streams

11.3 Types of Files

11.4 Operations on a File

11.5 Error Handling during I/O Operations

11.6 Random Access to Files

12. Bitwise Operators

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Applications

13. Graphics In C

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Basic Concepts

13.3 Drawing Simple Graphics Objects

13.4 Outputting Text

14. Command Line Arguments

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Advantages of Command Line Arguments