The C Programming Language

• 39 hrs lectures
• 13 hrs projects

• 70 pts final exam
• 30 pts projects

The goal is to introduce students to ISO C programming language and programming techniques in C.
Basic knowledge of C programming language, including pointers, address arithmetic, and dynamic memory allocation/deallocation. Modular programming in C.

• Introduction to Programming Systems (IZP)

• Herout, P.: Učebnice jazyka C, 6. vydání, Kopp, 2010
• Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: Programovací jazyk C, Computer Press, 2006
• Soubor materiálů prezentovaných na přednáškách je dostupný na WWW.
• Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989
• Stroustrup, B.: The C++ programming language, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2014
• ISO: Programming languages - C, N1570 Committee Draft, 2011
• ISO: Programming languages - C, N2176 Committee Draft, 2017

• 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% if 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.