UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO C LANGUAGE

9

Overview of ‘C’language - Constants, Variables and Data Types - Operators, Expressions and Assignment statements - Managing Input/Output Operations - Formatted I/O - Decision Making - Branching - IF, Nested IF - Switch - go to -  Looping- While, do, for statements.

UNIT II

ARRAYS AND FUNCTIONS

9

Arrays - dynamic and multi-dimensional arrays - Character arrays and Strings - String handling Functions - User defined Functions - Categories of Functions - Recursion.

UNIT III

STRUCTURES AND UNIONS

9

Basics of Structures-Declaring a Structure - Array of Structures -Passing  Structures elements to Functions- Passing entire Structure to Function - Structures within Structures  - Union - Union of Structures - Enumerated Data Types - type of Statement.

UNIT IV

POINTERS

9

Pointers - Declaration, Accessing a variable, dynamic memory allocation, Pointers versus Arrays, Array of pointers, Pointers to functions and structure Pointers.

UNIT V

FILE MANAGEMENT 

9

File Management in C - Data hierarchy- Files and Streams - Sequential access file- Random access file - Preprocessors.

TOTAL: 45+15

TEXT BOOKS:

Sl. No. 

Author(s) 

Title of the Book 

Publisher 

Year of Publication 

1.

Balagurusamy E

Programming in ANSI C

Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd

2004

2.

Deitel and Deitel

C How to Program

Addisson Wesley Publication

2001

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Sl. No. 

Author(s) 

Title of the Book 

Publisher 

Year of Publication 

1.

Rajaraman V

Computer Programming in C

Prentice Hall publication

2001

2.

Kamthane A N

Programming with ANSI and Turbo C

Pearson education, Delhi

2006

3.

Yashavant  P Kanetkar

Pointers In C

BPB Publications, New Delhi

2002

4.

Peter Van der Linden

Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

Prentice Hall Publication

1994

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