The C Programming Language

• 39 hrs lectures
• 13 hrs projects

• 70 pts final exam (written part)
• 30 pts projects

Basic knowledge of C programming language, including pointers, address arithmetic, and dynamic memory allocation/deallocation. Modular programming in C.

The goal is to introduce students to ISO C programming language and programming techniques in C.

This course is good for improving of your knowledge of C language (pointer arithmetic, modules, libraries) and for improvement of debugging and code optimization skills.

• Introduction to Programming Systems (IZP)

• Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989
• ISO: Programming languages - C, N1570 Committee Draft, 2011

• Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989 Stroustrup, B.: The C++ programming language, third edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997 Plauger, P.J.: The Standard C Library, Prentice-Hall, 1992 ISO: Programming languages - C, WG14/N869 Committee Draft, 1999 ISO: Programming languages - C, N2176 Committee Draft, 2017

1. Introduction. Overview of C language (K&R, ANSI C, ISO C90, ISO C99, ISO C11, ISO C18). Basic language constructs, examples of C programs.
2. Definition of C language: lexical elements, declaration syntax, basic types, variables.
3. Array, address space, address, pointer. Pointers and arrays, address arithmetic. Alignment, little/big endian. Dynamic memory allocation.
4. C-strings, multi-dimensional arrays, structures, unions.
5. Enumerations. Expressions, operators, typecasting, operator precedence. Statements.
6. Functions, argument passing. Pointers to functions. Command line arguments. The C preprocessor: macros, conditional compilation.
7. Program structure, compilation units. Linking. The program "make".
8. The C standard library. Debugging support, character classification, internationalization. Input/output, files.
9. The examples of standard library use. String and memory management. Time functions. Math library.
10. Creation of shared libraries. Linking of code written in various languages. 
11. C++ basics, typical differences of C and C++. New operators of C++, overloading, namespaces.
12. Input/output in C++, streams. Basic use of C++ standard library (containers, iterators, algorithms, strings). Simple examples.
13. Profiling and program optimization. Rules for writing portable code. Program checking tools. Program documentation tools.

• 2 assignments

2 assignments (30% of points)

Within this course, attendance on the lectures is not monitored. The knowledge of students is examined by 2 assignments and by the final exam.