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Introduction to C Programming

Getting Started with C Virtues and Challenges When Should I Use C?The Bottom Line

Data Types in C

Data Types and Sizes

Statements and Scope

Quiz on Basic Types and Statements

C Operators and C Expressions

Building Expressions Using Operators Type Conversions Defining Your Own Type Names Other Convenient Operators Exercises on Operators and Expression Quiz on Operators and Expressions

Control Flow in C

The for Loop Other Types of Loops in C Conditionals The break and continue Statements A switch Statement Exercises on Control Flow Quiz on Control Flow

Functions in C

Rationale Defining a Function Input Arguments Returning Values Argument Checking Variable Scope Automatic vs. Static Variables Variadic Functions Exercises on Functions Quiz on Functions

Complex Data Types

Arrays Writing to Arrays Multidimensional Arrays Variable Length Arrays Command-Line Arguments Structures Exercises on Complex Data Types Quiz on Complex Data Types

Stack vs. Heap

The Stack The Heap Code Examples Stack vs. Heap Quiz on Stack and Heap Memories

Pointers in C

Pointers Pointers and Arrays Passing Pointers to Struct Passing Pointers to Functions Dynamically Allocated Memory Exercise on Pointers Quiz on Pointers

C String

Strings String Handling Using the C Standard Library Arrays of Strings Exercise on Strings Quiz on Strings

Input and Output Stream

I/O Streams Input and Output with Files Binary Files (Raw Bytes)Random Access Exercise on Input and Output Quiz on Input and Output

Macros and the C Preprocessor

The C Preprocessor and #define Directives Macros with Arguments Conditional Compilation Quiz on Macros and the C Preprocessor

Header Files, Compiling, and Linking

Splitting a Program into Multiple Files The GNU make Utility and Makefiles Quiz on Header Files, Compiling, and Linking

Project

Write a Shell in C

C Debugger

The GNU Project Debugger (GDB)Breakpoint Mistakes Tricky Code Quiz on Debugging

Code Profiling

Profiling of Code Using gprof Known Slugs Using the Compiler Optimizer Flags

Parallel Programming in C

Why Parallel Programming?Kinds of Parallel Programming POSIX Threads OpenMP Message Passing Interface (MPI)Quiz on Parallel Programming in C

Mini Project

Project: Using a Bootstrapped t-test

Conclusion

Concluding Thoughts

Miscellaneous

Some Useful C Libraries

Appendix: Setting Up the Environment

Install Some Basic Tool Test Your Environment

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Quiz on Basic Types and Statements

Quiz on Basic Types and Statements

Test your understanding of basic data types and statements in C.

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Which option gives valid sizes of data types in C as observed on some system?

A)

short: 2 bytes char: 8 bytes

B)

float: 4 bytes int: 8 bytes

C)

char: 1 byte int: 4 bytes

D)

double: 16 bytes long double: 32 bytes

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