Description
This course enables the students to:
A. Understand the fundamentals of C programming.
B. Learn about different problems and the approach to solve them.
C. Gain proficiency with the fundamental concepts of the C programming language.
D. Be able to apply these concepts to solve real world problems.
E. Able to program in C programming for a given application.
Benefits of the course
- After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
- 1.Choose the loops and decision-making statements to solve the problem.
- 2. Implement different Operations on arrays.
- 3. Use functions to solve the given problem.
- 4. Understand pointers, structures and unions.
- CO5 Implement file Operations in C programming for a given application.
Topics for this course
Module 1 Problem Solving and Programming Concepts:
1.Problem Solving in Everyday Life, Types of Problem, Problem Solving with Computers, General Problem-Solving Strategies
2.Overview of C( History of C, Importance of C, Structure of C program, Sample of C programs. Constant, Variable and Data types: C Tokens – keywords, identifier, constant, string, and operators, and symbols, Data types – primary data types, user
defined data types, and derived data types, Declaration of variables, assign values to variables)
3.Operators and Expressions(Different types of operators – arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operators, increment and decrement operators, bitwise operators, conditional operators and special operators,
Arithmetic expressions –precedence of arithmetic operators, Type conversions in expressions.)
4.Managing input and output operations(Reading a character, Writing a character,Formatted input, and Formatted output)
Module 2 Decision making, Looping and Branching
1.Decision making and Branching( Decision making with if statement - Simple if statement, The if …. else statement, Nesting of if …. else statement, The else if ladder, The switch statement, The ?: Operator, The go-to statement)
2.Decision making and Looping(The while statement, The do statement, The for statement, Nesting of loops, Jumps in loops: break, continue.)
Module 3 Arrays,Character Arrays and Strings
1.Arrays( One - dimensional arrays, Declaration and assign value of one –dimensional arrays, Two dimensional arrays, Declaration and assign value of two –dimensional arrays, Multi – dimensional arrays)
2.Character Arrays and String( Declaring and initializing string variables, Reading string from terminal, Writing string to screen, Putting string together, Comparison of two strings, String handling functions, Other features of strings)
Module 4 User defined functions and Standard Library function
1.A multi – function program, Definition of function,
Function calls, Function declaration, Category of functions, Nesting of functions,Recursion, Passing arrays to functions, Passing strings to functions. )
2. Standard Library function(math, date and time)
Module 5: Pointers,Structures and Unions and File Management
1.Structures and Unions (Defining a structure, declaring structure variables,Accessing structure members, Arrays of structures, Arrays within structures,Structures within structures, Structures and functions, Union.)
2.Pointers(Understanding pointers, Accessing the address of a variable, Declaring pointer variables, Pointer expressions, Array of pointers, Pointers to function,Pointers and structures)
3.File Management( Defining and opening a file, Closing a file, Input/ Output operations on files, Error handling during I/O operations.)
Requirements
- 1.Notebook
- 2.Pen
- 3.Personal PC
- 4.Keyword
- 5.GCC compiler
- 6.VS code
Target Audience
- 1.BCA 1st year students starting their computer science foundation
- 2.Beginners who want to learn programming and core IT concepts
- 3.Students preparing for BCA university exams and practical labs
- 4.Learners interested in building a strong base for software development
- 5.Students planning to continue into advanced programming and database subjects.
Materials included
- 1.Chapter-wise PDF notes
- 2.Presentation slides for each module
- 3.Practical lab manuals and exercises
- 4.Programming examples and sample codes
- 5.Assignments and practice questions
- 6.Previous year question papers (if available)
- 7.Mini project guidelines and templates
- 8.Revision sheets and important questions list
