ANSI C Language Fundamentals

ANSI C Language Fundamentals

• start the course
• describe the characteristics of ANSI C, describe C tokens, and describe and step through the structure of a C program
• write a simple program in C
• compile a C program and execute it and describe the associated files
• describe and use fundamental data types and qualifiers in C
• describe data types introduced in C99 including bool, and demonstrate how to use bool
• describe implicit and explicit type conversion and implement type conversion in C
• describe constants and use numeric constants in C
• use character and string constants and represent integers with character constants in C
• use escape character constant escape values and symbolic constants in C programs
• use enumeration constants in C programs
• describe and use variables in C programs
• describe variable scope for C programs, blocks, nested blocks, and functions
• describe operators and expressions and implement arithmetic operators in C programs
• implement relational operators in C programs
• implement logical operators in C programs
• implement assignment, increment, and decrement operators in C programs
• implement bitwise operators in C programs
• implement the sizeOf operator in C programs
• implement the comma operator in C programs
• describe and use examples of operator precedence and associativity in C
• describe and use if statements including nested statements in C programs
• describe and use if-else statements in C program
• use nested if-else statements in C programs
• use the switch statements with case values in a C program and review the rules for switch statements
• use the C conditional operator ?: in C programs
• use goto for unconditional branching in C programs and describe issues with it
• to learn how to use fundamental C programming features

Data Structures and File Management in ANSI C

Data Structures and File Management in ANSI C

• start the course
• describe arrays and use one-dimensional arrays in C programs
• access specific elements in an array, add and array elements
• use two-dimensional arrays in C programs
• use multi-dimensional array in C programs
• describe strings as character arrays, contrast with character constants, and show how to initialize a string
• read and write strings and characters and print to screen in C programs
• use functions such as strcopy(), strcat(), strrev(), strupr(), strlwr(), strcmpi(), strncat(), and strncpy() to manipulate strings
• contrast a structure with an array and declare a structure in a C program
• declare and use nested structures in a C program
• define an array with a structure data type in C
• pass a structure to a function and return a structure from a function in C
• point to a structure in C
• describe bit fields and declare and use bit fields in C structures
• differentiate between unions with structures and declare, initialize, and reference a union in a C program
• use the dot operator and arrow operator in C
• demonstrate how unions can be applied in C programs
• describe the FILE pointer, files, streams, and buffers and show how to open and close a file using C
• describe the functions used to read or write a file, one character at a time, using a C program
• describe the functions used to read or write a file, one character at a time, using a C program
• describe the functions used to read or write a file, one character at a time, using a C program
• use fseek for random access to a file in C
• write structures and arrays to file using C
• use command line arguments for file management
• use error handling functions such as ferror in file management scenarios
• practice file management techniques with C

Iterations, Functions and Pointers in ANSI C

Iterations, Functions and Pointers in ANSI C

• start the course
• use the while statement in C programs
• use the do...while loop in C Programs
• use nested if-else statements in C programs
• use the for loop in C Programs
• nest for loops in C Programs
• use goto, break and continue in loops, and describe why goto should not be used and why break and continue should be avoided where possible
• describe functions including declarations, and describe how functions can be accessed from 3rd party libraries or user-defined
• work with functions with no parameters and no return type in C
• work with functions with parameters but no return type in C
• work with functions with parameters and return type in C
• work with functions with no parameters but with a return type in C
• implement recursive functions in C programs
• generate user-defined header files to group functions and other common definitions and declarations in C
• use the printf() function in C programs
• use the scanf() function in C program
• contrast and use getchar(), getch, and getche() for character input and display
• describe pointers and demonstrate how to use the address-of operator, &, to return the address of a variable
• use the dereference operator, *, in a C program
• demonstrate how to declare pointers for different data types
• use a pointer to point to another
• describe and implement arithmetic operations on pointers in C
• point to an array
• store pointers in an array
• point to a string in C
• pass an address to a function and return an address from a function in C
• describe and use generic pointers in C
• how to use program iterations in ANSI C and use C functions

Optimizing and Debugging ANSI C Programs

Optimizing and Debugging ANSI C Programs

• start the course
• use built in functions such as system(), delay(), and sleep() in C
• use built in functions ceil() and floor()
• use built in functions such as rand(), srand() to generate random value
• list the categories of maths' functions such as cos() in C and demonstrate their use
• use ctime to output date and time string using C
• use format specifiers in C
• describe storage classes, and describe, and use storage class specifiers
• describe and use storage class modifiers
• use volatile variables in C
• describe the sign bit, use a signed data modifier to enable it for int or char data types, and use an unsigned modifier to disable it
• use the short and long modifiers and change format specifers to change the data size of variables in C
• describe dynamic memory allocation (DMA) and associated C functions and use dynamic memory allocation for strings in C
• use dynamic memory allocation for structures in C
• use dynamic memory allocation for arrays in C
• reallocate memory in C
• describe and generate linked lists using C
• manipulate linked lists using C
• describe the C preprocessor, and contrast it with the compiler
• use the #define directive to define macros and use #undef to remove the definition in C programs
• use the #include directive in a C program to include files
• use conditional compilation directives in C programs
• use the #pragma directive in C
• use preprocessor directives such as _DATE_ , _TIME_, _FILE_, and _LINE_
• describe methods to debug C programs and use the assert macro
• understand how to optimize and debug ANSI C programs