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American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) : Sarwar Morshed

This document summarizes a lecture on writing basic C programs. It introduces variables, constants, arithmetic, control flow, functions, and input/output. It presents a "Hello World" program as the first example. It discusses functions, variables, libraries, strings, comments, compilation, and asks students to try variations on "Hello World" as a task.

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American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) : Sarwar Morshed

This document summarizes a lecture on writing basic C programs. It introduces variables, constants, arithmetic, control flow, functions, and input/output. It presents a "Hello World" program as the first example. It discusses functions, variables, libraries, strings, comments, compilation, and asks students to try variations on "Hello World" as a task.

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Lecture 1

Sarwar Morshed
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB)

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Quick Intro to C
Goal is to get you to a point where you can write useful
programs.
Without getting bogged down into rules, details and
exception (All these will come in later parts)
Concentrate on the basics:
 Variables
 Constants

 Arithmetic

 Control-Flow

 Functions

 Rudiments of Input and Output

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Your first C Program
The Hello World Program
Print the words hello, world

# include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
printf(“Hello World\n”);
}

Compile this program.


Run the executable.
It should print “Hello World”.

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Functions and Variables
A C program what ever its size may be, consists of
functions and variables.
Functions specify computing operations that needs to
be done.
Variables store values during the computation.
What is main function?
“main” is a special function where your program starts
executing.
It is the beginning of your program.

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Libraries
# include <stdio.h>
This tells the compiler to add information about
standard library.
After adding this line. You will be able to use functions
and variables declared in stdio.h library.

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Libraries

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Libraries

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Character String or String Constants
“hello world\n”
Enclosed in double quotation marks.
\n is a newline character.
\ is a escape sequence.
So how do we print “ marks?
Escape sequence is used to print hard to type or invisible
characters.
\t is tab, \b is back space, \\ is backslash.

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Comments
# include <stdio.h>

*/ print Hello World


in screen /*
void main()
{
// This is a single line comment
printf(“Hello World\n”);
}

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Few Definitions
Source Code: The text of a program that a user
can read. The source code is the input to C
compiler.

Object Code: Translation of the source code of


a program into machine code.

Linker: A program that links separately


compiled functions together into one program.

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Few Definitions
Library: The file contains standard functions
that can be used by your program. <stdio.h>
Without it you cannot print anything to the
screen.

Compile Time: The events that occur while


your program is being compiled (Syntax Error).

Run Time: The events that occur while your


program is executing.
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Task!!!
 Compile and Run hello world program at home. Leave
out parts and see what happens.
 Try to write hello world program using three printf
statements.

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