PRIYADARSHINI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE FOR WOMEN

CHINTALAPUDI – TENALI
I YEAR I SEM – EXTERNAL LAB EXAMINATION , DECEMBER- 2025
SUBJECT: C PROGRAMMING LAB DATE:
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LAB

(Common to All branches of Engineering)

Course Objectives:

The course aims to give students hands – on experience and train them on the concepts of the

C- programming language.

Course Outcomes:

CO1: Read, understand, and trace the execution of programs written in C language.

CO2: Select the right control structure for solving the problem.

CO3: Develop C programs which utilize memory efficiently using programming constructs like

pointers.

CO4: Develop, Debug and Execute programs to demonstrate the applications of arrays,

functions, basic concepts of pointers in C.

UNIT I

WEEK 1

Objective: Getting familiar with the programming environment on the computer and writing

the first program.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 1: Problem-solving using Computers.

Lab1: Familiarization with programming environment

i) Basic Linux environment and its editors like Vi, Vim & Emacs etc.

ii) Exposure to Turbo C, gcc

iii) Writing simple programs using printf(), scanf()

WEEK 2

Objective: Getting familiar with how to formally describe a solution to a problem in a series

of finite steps both using textual notation and graphic notation.

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Suggested Experiments /Activities:

Tutorial 2: Problem-solving using Algorithms and Flow charts.

Lab 1: Converting algorithms/flow charts into C Source code.

Developing the algorithms/flowcharts for the following sample programs

i) Sum and average of 3 numbers

ii) Conversion of Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa

iii) Simple interest calculation

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WEEK 3

Objective: Learn how to define variables with the desired data-type, initialize them with

appropriate values and how arithmetic operators can be used with variables and constants.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 3: Variable types and type conversions:

Lab 3: Simple computational problems using arithmetic expressions.

i) Finding the square root of a given number

ii) Finding compound interest

iii) Area of a triangle using heron’s formulae

iv) Distance travelled by an object

UNIT II

WEEK 4

Objective: Explore the full scope of expressions, type-compatibility of variables & constants

and operators used in the expression and how operator precedence works.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial4: Operators and the precedence and as associativity:

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Lab4: Simple computational problems using the operator’ precedence and associativity

i) Evaluate the following expressions.

a. A+B*C+(D*E) + F*G

b. A/B*C-B+A*D/3

c. A+++B---A

d. J= (i++) + (++i)

ii) Find the maximum of three numbers using conditional operator

iii) Take marks of 5 subjects in integers, and find the total, average in float

WEEK 5

Objective: Explore the full scope of different variants of “if construct” namely if-else, null-

else, if-else if*-else, switch and nested-if including in what scenario each one of them can be

used and how to use them. Explore all relational and logical operators while writing

conditionals for “if construct”.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 5: Branching and logical expressions:

Lab 5: Problems involving if-then-else structures.

i) Write a C program to find the max and min of four numbers using if-else.

ii) Write a C program to generate electricity bill.

iii) Find the roots of the quadratic equation.

iv) Write a C program to simulate a calculator using switch case.

v) Write a C program to find the given year is a leap year or not.

WEEK 6

Objective: Explore the full scope of iterative constructs namely while loop, do-while loop and

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for loop in addition to structured jump constructs like break and continue including when each

of these statements is more appropriate to use.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 6: Loops, while and for loops

Lab 6: Iterative problems e.g., the sum of series

i) Find the factorial of given number using any loop.

ii) Find the given number is a prime or not.

iii) Compute sine and cos series

iv) Checking a number palindrome

v) Construct a pyramid of numbers.

UNIT III

WEEK 7:

Objective: Explore the full scope of Arrays construct namely defining and initializing 1-D

and 2-D and more generically n-D arrays and referencing individual array elements from the

defined array. Using integer 1-D arrays, explore search solution linear search.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 7: 1 D Arrays: searching.

Lab 7:1D Array manipulation, linear search

i) Find the min and max of a 1-D integer array.

ii) Perform linear search on1D array.

iii) The reverse of a 1D integer array

iv) Find 2’s complement of the given binary number.

v) Eliminate duplicate elements in an array.

WEEK 8:

Objective: Explore the difference between other arrays and character arrays that can be used
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as Strings by using null character and get comfortable with string by doing experiments that

will reverse a string and concatenate two strings. Explore sorting solution bubble sort using

integer arrays.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 8: 2 D arrays, sorting and Strings.

Lab 8: Matrix problems, String operations, Bubble sort

i) Addition of two matrices

ii) Multiplication two matrices

iii) Sort array elements using bubble sort

iv) Concatenate two strings without built-in functions

v) Reverse a string using built-in and without built-in string functions

UNIT IV

WEEK 9:

Objective: Explore pointers to manage a dynamic array of integers, including memory

allocation & value initialization, resizing changing and reordering the contents of an array

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and memory de-allocation using malloc (), calloc (), realloc () and free () functions. Gain

experience processing command-line arguments received by C

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 9: Pointers, structures and dynamic memory allocation

Lab 9: Pointers and structures, memory dereference.

i) Write a C program to find the sum of a 1D array using malloc()

ii) Write a C program to find the total, average of n students using structures

iii) Enter n students data using calloc() and display failed students list
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iv) Read student name and marks from the command line and display the student details along

with the total.

v) Write a C program to implement realloc()

WEEK 10:

Objective: Experiment with C Structures, Unions, bit fields and self-referential structures

(Singly linked lists) and nested structures

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 10: Bitfields, Self-Referential Structures, Linked lists

Lab10 : Bitfields, linked lists

Read and print a date using dd/mm/yyyy format using bit-fields and differentiate the same

without using bit- fields

i) Create and display a singly linked list using self-referential structure.

ii) Demonstrate the differences between structures and unions using a C program.

iii) Write a C program to shift/rotate using bitfields.

iv) Write a C program to copy one structure variable to another structure of the same type.

UNIT V

WEEK 11:

Objective: Explore the Functions, sub-routines, scope and extent of variables, doing some

experiments by parameter passing using call by value. Basic methods of numerical integration

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 11: Functions, call by value, scope and extent,

Lab 11: Simple functions using call by value, solving differential equations using Eulers

theorem.

i) Write a C function to calculate NCR value.

ii) Write a C function to find the length of a string.

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iii) Write a C function to transpose of a matrix.

iv) Write a C function to demonstrate numerical integration of differential equations using Euler’s

method

WEEK 12:

Objective: Explore how recursive solutions can be programmed by writing recursive functions

that can be invoked from the main by programming at-least five distinct problems that have

naturally recursive solutions.

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Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 12: Recursion, the structure of recursive calls

Lab 12: Recursive functions

i) Write a recursive function to generate Fibonacci series.

ii) Write a recursive function to find the lcm of two numbers.

iii) Write a recursive function to find the factorial of a number.

iv) Write a C Program to implement Ackermann function using recursion.

v) Write a recursive function to find the sum of series.

WEEK 13:

Objective: Explore the basic difference between normal and pointer variables, Arithmetic

operations using pointers and passing variables to functions using pointers

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 13: Call by reference, dangling pointers

Lab 13: Simple functions using Call by reference, Dangling pointers.

i) Write a C program to swap two numbers using call by reference.

ii) Demonstrate Dangling pointer problem using a C program.

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SUBJECT: C PROGRAMMING LAB DATE:
iii) Write a C program to copy one string into another using pointer.

iv) Write a C program to find no of lowercase, uppercase, digits and other

characters using pointers.

WEEK14:

Objective: To understand data files and file handling with various file I/O functions. Explore the

differences between text and binary files.

Suggested Experiments/Activities:

Tutorial 14: File handling

Lab 14: File operations

i) Write a C program to write and read text into a file.

ii) Write a C program to write and read text into a binary file using fread() and

fwrite()

iii) Copy the contents of one file to another file.

iv) Write a C program to merge two files into the third file using command-line

arguments.

v) Find no. of lines, words and characters in a file

vi) Write a C program to print last n characters of a given file.

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