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C PROGRAMMING

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INTRODUCTION TO C PROGRAMMING
Comments
preprocessor directive
function main
printf
conversion specifier
scanf
ampersand
variables
Identifiers
case sensitive
assignment
variable
name
value
type

destructive read-in.
non-destructive read-out.
Arithmetic expressions
operator precedence and associativity.
if statement
Conditions
zero (false)
nonzero (true)

  STRUCTURED PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

algorithm
program control.
Pseudocode
selection structure
repetition structure
flowchart
floating-point number
cast operator
promotion (also called implicit conversion)
assignment operators
increment operator, ++, and the decrement operator, --
 

PROGRAM CONTROL

 loop
 counter-controlled repetition
sentinel-controlled repetition.
 for repetition structure
do/while repetition structure
break statement
continue statement
switch statement
getchar function
EOF character
Logical operators
 

FUNCTIONS

modules
function call
information hiding
Invoking a function
Data type double
Function arguments
Function variables
function definition
Transfer of control
Return of Control
function prototype
header file
call by value
rand function
identifier attributes
storage classes
storage duration
four scopes
linkage
recursive functions
order of evaluation of operands
iteration and recursion
 

ARRAYS

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
POINTERS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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