Welcome to the C Knowledge Base and Tutorial
Part 1 – Basic knowledge
- Introduction to C Programming
- Start Learning C Programming
- What is C?
- Why We should learn C
- Examples
- Start Learning C Programming
- C Character Set : Constants, Variables and Keywords
- Constant and Variable in C:
- C Keywords:
- Examples
- Types of C Constant
- Rules for Constructing Integer Constants
- Rules for Constructing Real Constants
- Rules for Constructing Character Constants
- Examples
- Types of C Variables
- What is variable
- Rules for Constructing Variable Names
- Examples
- The First C Program
- Compilation and Execution of C Program
- Download the turbo c – A free C program editor
- Working with Turbo C
- A word of caution!
- Scanf() : Receiving input in C program
- Point to be Noted
- C Instructions
- Type Declaration Instruction
- Arithmetic Instruction
- Point to be Noted
- Integer and Float Conversions in C
- Few practical examples:
- Type Conversion in Assignments
- Hierarchy of Operations in C
- Associativity of Operators
- Control Instructions in C
- Summary of basic C
- Quiz of Basic C – – Test your skill
- Examples
Part 2 – Decision Control in C
- The if Statement
- If in real life
- Multiple statement within if
- The if else Statement
- Nested if
- forms of if
- Use of logical Operators
- The else if clause
- The ! operator
- Hierarchy of Operators
- The conditional operators
- Summary of Decision Control
- Quiz of Decision control – Test your skill
- Examples
Part 3 – Loop structure
- Loops
- The while Loop
- The for Loop
- The Odd Loop
- The break Statement
- The continue Statement
- The do-while Loop
- Summary of loop structure
- Quiz of loop structure – Test your Skill
- Examples
Part 4 – The Case Control Structure
- Decisions Using switch
- switch and if-else
- The Goto Keyword
- Summary of the case control structure
- Quiz of case control structure
- Examples
Part 5 – Functions & Pointers
Introduction of function
Why use function
Passing Values between Functions
Scope Rule of Functions
Calling Convention
Advanced Features of Functions
Function Declaration and Prototypes
Call by Value and Call by Reference
Pointers
Recursion
Recursion and Stack
Adding Functions to the Library
Summary of Function and Pointer
Quiz of function and pointer
Part 6 – Arrays
What are Arrays
Array Initialization
Passing Array Elements to a Function
Pointers and Arrays
Passing an Entire Array to a Function
Two Dimensional Arrays
Pointers and 2-Dimensional Arrays
Pointer to an Array
Passing 2-D array to a Function
Array of Pointers
Limitation of Array of Pointers to Strings
Summary of Array
Quiz of Array
Part 7 – Structures
Introduction of Structure
Array of Structures
Uses of Structures
Summary of Structure
Quiz of Structure
part 8 – Console Input/Output
Types of I/O
Formatted Console I/O Functions
sprintf( ) and sscanf( ) Functions
Unformatted Console I/O Functions
Summary of console input output
Quiz of console input output
part 9 – File Input/Output
- Data Organization
- File Operations
- Opening a File
- Reading from a File
- Trouble in Opening a File
- Closing the File
- Counting Characters, Tabs, Spaces
- A File-copy Program
- Writing to a File
- File Opening Modes
- String (line) I/O in Files
- Record I/O in Files
- Text Files and Binary Files
- Database Management
- Low Level Disk I/O
- A Low Level File-copy Program
- I/O Under Windows
- Summary of File Input/Output
- Quiz of File Input/Output
Operators and Expressions in C
An Operator is a symbol in C language that performs some mathematical, logical, etc. operations on some data. The dataRead More »
Storage Classes in C
A storage class defines the scope (visibility) and life time of variables and/or functions within a C Program. These specifiersRead More »
Non-Formatted I/O in C
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Formatted I/O in C
The functions which fall in this category provide a convenient way to format the input and/or output data as perRead More »
Input / Output Statements in C
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Simple and Compound Statements in C
A Statement is the smallest standalone element of a programming language which in itself is collection of tokens of theRead More »
Errors in a C program
Error is a condition either during compilation or execution of a program which if not fixed can halt compilation orRead More »
Structure of a C program
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User Defined Data Types in C
C language allows a programmer to create user defined data types. It provides 2 keywords to do so; typedef andRead More »
Initialization of a Variable in C
After a variable is declared it may be required to initialize it. Initialization of a variable means assigning some valueRead More »
Declaration of a Variable in C
All the variables that are to be used in a program must be declared first. The declaration of variable meansRead More »
Character Data Type in C
The Character data type is used to specify a variable that will contain characters from ASCII table like ‘A’, ‘%’,Read More »
Floating Point Data Type in C
The Floating Point data type is used to specify a variable that will contain real numbers, i.e. any positive orRead More »
Integer Data Type in C
The Integer data type is used to specify a variable that will contain only integer values, i.e. any positive orRead More »
Classification of Data Types in C
The wide variety of data types supported by C language can be classified into 3 classes: 1. Primary Data TypesRead More »