C Programming Language Course Outline

C Programming Language

• Programming & Program Development
• Anatomy of a Program
• Keywords
• Valid Names
• Data Types
• Variables
• Scope/Lifetime
• Constants
• Initialization
• Statements/Expression Values
• Sequence Points
• Operators
• Precedence
• Promotion/Demotion
• Type Casting
• C Comments
• Escape Sequences
• printf()
• scanf()
• Bit Operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Basic Control Structures
• Basic Control Structures
• Advanced Control Structures
• Preprocessor Directives
• Functions
• Parameter Passing
• Block Structure
• Return Values
• Prototyping
• Recursion
• Library Functions
• Program Termination
• Introduction to Arrays, Pointers, and Strings
• Initializing Arrays
• Multi-dimensional Arrays
• Review Scope
• Deciphering Complex Declarations
• Pointers and Arrays
• Declaring, Initializing, Assigning
• Address Operator
• Pointer Arithmetic
• Pointers to Arrays and Multidimensional Arrays
• Pointers as Function Parameters
• Advanced Pointer Concepts
• String Functions
• Character String Arrays
• Arrays Of Pointers To Strings
• Command Line Arguments
• Advanced Pointer Concepts
• Abstract Declarations
• Types Void and Void *
• Dynamic Memory Allocation
• malloc, calloc, free, realloc
• Sizeof Operator
• Advanced Pointer Concepts
• Pointers To Functions
• Near and Far Pointers
• New Types with typedef
• Structures
• Unions
• Pointers to Structures
• Passing Structures to Functions
• File I/O - Stream (Buffered)
• File I/O - Low Level (Unbuffered)
• Enumerations
• The Preprocessor
• Pragmas
• Bit Fields
• Buffer Manipulation
• Variable Argument Functions

C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

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