Programming Fundamentals CSC103¶


Course Title	Programming Fundamentals
Corse Code	CSC103
Credit Hours	4(3, 1)
Pre-requisite(s)	-

Learning Outcomes¶

Students should be able to: * Use fundamental data types where appropriate * Use selection and repetition where appropriate * Develop and use their own functions * Define, initialize and use arrays * Declare, initialize and use pointers in different scenarios * Create and use structures and functions * Create, read, write and update files

Course Content¶

Introduction to Computer and Flow charts
Introduction to C programming language
Data types, variables, arithmetic Expression
Decision making: if- statement, if-else statement, nested if statements, switch statement, conditional operators
Loops: for-loop, while loop, do-while loop, break and continue statement
Arrays, Multidimensional arrays
User define Function: Function prototype, function call and function return type, recursive functions
Structure, Arrays of structure
String (character array) string functions, Null string
Pointers: Pointer and structures, Pointer and functions, Pointer to functions Pointer and array, Pointer arithmetic
Dynamic memory allocation
The preprocessor
Input /Output (I/O): File I/O (reading, writing, appending, modifying file content)
Bit wise operators
Creating and using Static Library

Text Books¶

C How to Program by Deitel & Deitel, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (2013)

Reference Books¶

C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (1988)