NTRODUCTION
o The Origins of the C Language
o Differences between the various versions of C
o C is a medium level language
o Key words
o Structure
o Comments
o Libraries
o Terms
DATA TYPES
o Identifiers
o Declaring a variable
o Formal parameters
o Access modifiers
o Storage class types
o Variable initializations
o Constants
o Backslash character constants
o Assignment statements
OPERATORS
o Precedence of operators
FUNCTIONS
o Passing an array to a function
o Passing parameters to main
o Returning from a function
o Function prototypes
o The importance of prototyping
PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS
o Selection statements
o Iteration statements
o Jump statements
o More about ?
o Continue
ARRAYS
o Single-dimension arrays
o Passing single-dimension arrays to functions
o Strings
o Two-dimensional arrays 33
o Passing two-dimensional arrays to functions
o Arrays of strings
o Array initialization
THE C PREPROCESSOR
o define 35
o #error
o #include
o #if, #else, #elif, #endif
o #ifdef, #ifndef
o #undef
o #line
o #pragma
o Predefined macro names
INPUT AND OUTPUT
o Input
o Output
o Direct console I/O
POINTERS
o Pointer variables
o Pointer arithmetic
o Pointer comparisons
o Dynamic memory allocation
o Arrays and pointers
o Problems with pointers
STRUCTURES
o Declaration of structures
o Passing structures elements to functions
o Passing entire structures to functions
o Structure pointers
o Arrays and structures within structures
o Bit fields
o Unions
o Enumerations
o typedef
FILE I/O
o Buffered streams
o Random access using streams
o Handles
o Advanced file I/O
o Predefined I/O streams
LINKING, LIBRARIES AND HEADER FILES
o The linker
o Declaration versus definition
o Relocatable versus absolute code
o Library files versus object files
o Header files
STRINGS
o Strtok()
o Converting numbers to And from strings
o Text handling
DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION
