Programming in C (GXEST204) Syllabus

C Fundamentals: character set, constants, identifiers, keywords, basic data types, variables, operators and their precedence, bit-wise operators, expressions, statements, input/output statements, structure of a C program, simple programs. Control Statements: if, if-else, nested if, switch, while, do-while, for, break & continue, nested loops.

Arrays: single-dimensional arrays, defining and initializing an array, accessing array elements, enumerated data type, type definition, two-dimensional arrays, programs for matrix processing, sequential search, bubble sort. Strings: declaring a string variable, reading and displaying strings, string related library functions, programs for string matching.

Functions: function definition, function call, function prototype, parameter passing, recursion, passing array to function, macros (defining and calling), command line arguments. Structures: defining a structure variable, accessing members, array of structures, passing structure to function, union. Storage Class: automatic, static, external and register.

Pointers: declaration, operations on pointers, passing pointer to a function, accessing array elements using pointers, processing strings using pointers, pointer to pointer, array of pointers, pointer to function, pointer to structure, dynamic memory allocation. Files: different types of files in C, opening & closing a file, writing to and reading from a file, processing files, library functions — fseek(), ftell(), fread(), fwrite().