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C Programming Language Overview

The document provides an overview of the C programming language, highlighting its development, features, and basic structure. It covers essential concepts such as data types, operators, control statements, functions, arrays, pointers, structures, and file handling. Additionally, it suggests practice projects for hands-on experience.

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C Programming Language Overview

The document provides an overview of the C programming language, highlighting its development, features, and basic structure. It covers essential concepts such as data types, operators, control statements, functions, arrays, pointers, structures, and file handling. Additionally, it suggests practice projects for hands-on experience.

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C Language Notes

1. Introduction to C:
- Developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 at Bell Labs.
- Procedural, general-purpose programming language.
- Basis for many modern languages (C++, Java, Python).
- Used in system programming, embedded systems, OS development.

2. Features:
- Fast & efficient
- Portable
- Structured
- Low-level access via pointers
- Only 32 keywords

3. Basic Structure:
#include
int main() {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}

4. Data Types:
- int, float, char, double, void
- Constants using 'const'

5. Operators:
- Arithmetic: + - * / %
- Relational: == != < > <= >=
- Logical: && || !
- Assignment: = += -= *= /=

6. Control Statements:
- if, else, switch
- Loops: for, while, do-while
- break, continue, goto

7. Functions:
- Declaration, definition, and calling
- Return types and parameters

8. Arrays & Strings:


- 1D, 2D arrays
- String handling with string.h functions

9. Pointers & Memory:


- Pointer basics & arithmetic
- Dynamic memory allocation (malloc, calloc, free)

10. Structures:
- Defining, accessing, array of structures

11. File Handling:


- fopen, fclose, fprintf, fscanf
12. Practice Projects:
- Calculator
- Student database
- Tic-Tac-Toe

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