Tribhuvan University | Institute of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology
C Programming
Course Contents (Theory)
Unit 1. Problem Solving with Computer
2 Hrs
Problem analysis, Algorithms and Flowchart, Coding, Compilation and Execution, History of C, Structure of C program, Debugging, Testing and Documentation.
Unit 2. Elements of C
4 Hrs
C Standards( ANSI C and C99), C Character Set, C Tokens, Escape sequence, Delimiters, Variables, Data types (Basic, Derived, and User Defined), Structure of a C program, Executing a C program, Constants/ Literals, Expressions, Statements and Comments.
Unit 3. Input and Output
2 Hrs
Conversion specification, Reading a character, Writing a character, I/O operations, Formatted I/O.
Unit 4. Operators and Expression
4 Hrs
Arithmetic operator, Relational operator, Logical or Boolean operator, Assignment Operator, Ternary operator, Bitwise operator, Increment or Decrement operator, Conditional operator, Special Operators(sizeof and comma), Evaluation of Expression, Operator Precedence and Associativity.
Unit 5. Control Statement
4 Hrs
Conditional Statements, Decision Making and Branching, Decision Making and Looping, Exit function, Break and Continue.
Unit 6. Arrays
6 Hrs
Introduction to Array, Types of Array (Single Dimensional and Multidimensional), Declaration and Memory Representation of Array, Initialization of array, Character Array and Strings, Reading and Writing Strings, Null Character, String Library Functions( string length, string copy, string concatenation, string compare).
Unit 7. Functions
5 Hrs
Library Functions, User defined functions, Funciton prototype, Function call, and Function Definition, Nested and Recursive Function, Function Arguments and Return Types, Passing Arrays to Function, Passing Strings to Function, Passing Arguments by Value, Passing Arguments by Address, Scope visibility and lifetime of a variable, Local and Global Variable.
Unit 8. Structure and Union
5 Hrs
Introduction, Array of structure, Passing structure to function, Passing array of structure to function, Structure within structure ( Nested Structure), Union, Pointer to structure.
Unit 9. Pointers
6 Hrs
Introduction, The & and * operator, Declaration of pointer, Chain of Pointers, Pointer Arithmetic, Pointers and Arrays, Pointers and Character Strings, Array of Pointers, Pointers as Function Arguments, Function Returning pointers, Pointers and Structures, Dynamic Memory Allocation.
Unit 10. File Handling in C
4 Hrs
Concept of File, Opening and closing of File, Input Output Operations in File, Random access in File, Error Handling in Files.
Unit 11. Introduction to Graphics
3 Hrs
Concepts of Graphics, Graphics Initialization and Modes, Graphics Function.
Laboratory Works
20% of the total marks is assigned from the practical. Some important contents that should be included in lab exercises are as follows:
Unit 1
2 Hrs
Create, compile, debug, run and test simple C programs.
Unit 2, 3, 4
5 Hrs
Using different data types available in C, perform arithmetic operations in C, perform formatted input/output operations, perform character input/output operations. Using relational operator, logical operator, assignment operator, ternary operator, and other operators. Evaluation of Expression to check operator precedence and associativity.
Unit 5
6 Hrs
Create decision making programs using control statements like; if, if..else, if..else ladder, nested if, and switch cases. Create programs using loops (for, while, do while, nested loops) and realize the differences between entry controlled and exit controlled loops.
Unit 6
6 Hrs
Create, manipulate arrays and matrices (single and multi-dimensional), work with pointers, dynamically allocate/de-allocate storage space during runtime, manipulate strings (character arrays) using various string handling functions.
Unit 7
6 Hrs
Create user-defined functions with/without parameters or return type, create recursive functions, use function call by value and call by address, work with automatic, global and static variables.
Unit 8
5 Hrs
Create and use simple structures, array of structures, nested structure. Passing structure and array of structure to function, concept of pointer to structure.
Unit 9
6 Hrs
Create programs that addresses pointer arithmetic, pointers and arrays, pointer and character strings, pointers and functions, pointer and structure, and dynamic memory allocation.
Unit 10
5 Hrs
Create files that address random access and input/output operations in file, create files to keep records and manipulation of records etc.
Unit 11
4 Hrs
Create graphics program that address some basic functions of graphics.h header file, e.g. line(), arc(), circle(), ellipse(), floodfill(), getmaxx(), getmaxy() etc.
Text Books
- Byron Gottfried: "Programming with C", Second Edition, McGraw Hill Education.
- Herbert Schildt: "C The Complete Reference", Fourth Edition, Osborne/McGraw-Hill Publication.
Reference Books
- Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel: "C: How to Program", Eighth Edition, Pearson Publication.
- Al Kelley, Ira Pohl: "A Book on C", Fourth Edition, Pearson Education.
- Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie: "The C programming Language", Second Edition, PHI Publication.
- Ajay Mittal: "Programming in C: A Practical Approach", Pearson Publication.
- Stephen G. Kochan: "Programming in C", CBS publishers & distributors.
- E. Balagurusamy: "Programming in ANSI C", Third Edition, TMH publishing.
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