Introduction to C-Programming: As seen in ENGS 20

Preface Table of Contents

Pre-Class 1

Introduction

Code Windows

Codecasts

Submissions

Class 1

Introductory Vocabulary

Hello, World!

First Practice

Printing Special Characters

Repetition: A Simple for-Loop

Multiple Repetitions

Putting Comments in your Code

Summary

Pre-Class 2

Printing Numbers

Simple Calculations

Introduction to Variables

Modifying Variables

Initializing Variables

Class 2

Common Variable Errors

Using Variables in Loops: Practice!

User Input Using scanf()

The char Datatype

The float Datatype

Summary

Division

Pre-Class 3

Digital Representation of Integers

Storing Positive Integers

Storing Negative Integers

Hexadecimal Numbers

Summary

Class 3

Converting Integers to Floats

Converting Floats to Integers

Averages

Remainders

Summary

Pre-Class 1

Digital Representation of Floats

Digital Representation of Characters

if Statements

if - else Statements

Relational and Equality Operators

Class 1

if - else Statement Practice

if - else-if - else Statements

Combining Multiple Logic Statements

Practice Your Logic Statements!

Evaluating Logic Statements

Characters and the ASCII code

Upper- and Lower-Case Chars

Summary

Summary

Pre-Class 2

Prefixes

Operator Precedence

The Idea of a Flag

Logical Expressions in English

Negating Logical Expressions

Summary

Class 2

The switch() Statement

for and if together

Nested Loops

Practice Your Advanced Branching!

Summary

Pre-Class 3

Formatted Input and Output

Understanding scanf()

Program Style

Summary

Single Functions

Multiple Functions

Class 3

Single Functions

Multiple Functions

Practice Your Functions!

Recursion

Practice Your Recursion!

Summary

Pre-Class 1

The while Loop

Compound Assignment Operators

Increment / Decrement Operators

Class 1

Increment / Decrement Practice

Fun With Loops!

for vs. while Loops

The do-while-Loop

Summary

Introduction to Linux

Connect to Server via Terminal Window

Linux File System

Making and Using Directories

Remove a File

Display File Contents

Move a File

Copy a File

Compiling Code

Pre-Class 2

Install Software On Your Computer

Computer Languages

List of Linux Commands

Summary

Class 2

File I/O Overview

Reading from a File

Reading from a File on the Server

Practice Reading from Files

More Efficient File Reading

Check Whether a File Exists

Writing to a File

Summary

Pre-Class 3

Software Development

Debugging Code

Conditional Compilation

Class 3

Debugging Practice

Test Your Knowledge!

Back to File I/O

Summary

Pre-Class 1

Arrays of Integers

Arrays of Other Data Types

Class 1

Initializing Arrays

Array Practice

Advanced Array Practice

Summary

Pre-Class 2

Space Needed to Store Variables

The Stack

Functions And The Stack

Class 2

The Scope of a Variable

Bad Variable Names

First Look at Modifying Arrays with Functions

Practice Modifying Arrays with Functions

Roundoff Error

Rounding in C

Practice Your Rounding!

Overflow

Summary

Pre-Class 3

The Address of a Variable

Dereferencing a Pointer

Pointer Example

Class 3

Top-Down Design

Intro to the Fraction Calculator

Bottom-Up Testing

Top-Down Testing

The Fraction Calculator

Pre-Class 1

Arrays and Pointers

Passing Arrays to Functions

Class 1

Practice Passing Arrays to Functions

Arrays, Functions, and Pointer Arithmetic

Summary

Declaring and Initializing Strings

Assign a New Value

The String Library

Practice Your Strings!

String Length

Reading Strings from Input

Printing to Strings

Alphabetize Strings

Summary

Pre-Class 2

malloc() - Dynamically Allocating Memory

free() - Releasing Dynamically Allocated Memory

Allocate Memory for Arrays

Class 2

Malloc and Free Practice

String Practice

Arrays of Strings

Summary

Pre-Class 3

Linear Search

Bisection Search

Bubble Sort

Class 3

Linear Search Practice

Selection Sort

Insertion Sort

Sorting Practice

Sorting Parallel Arrays

Sort Arrays

Implementing Sort Arrays

Summary

Pre-Class 1

Arrays of Strings

Matrices

Initializing Multidimensional Arrays

Class 1

LA2: Menu Selection

Passing Multidimensional Arrays to Functions

Practice Your Multidimensional Arrays!

Summary

Intro to Structures

typedef

The Fraction Calculator Using Structures

Pre-Class 2

Passing Structures to Functions

Structures and Pointers

Summary

Class 2

Operator Precedence

Arrays of Structures

Arrays of Structures: Triangle

Dynamic Arrays of Structures

Dynamic Arrays of Structures: Pentagon

Summary

Pre-Class 3

Intro to Linked Lists

Pass Linked Lists to Functions

Automate the Linking Process

Create Linked Lists "On The Fly"

Class 3

Arbitrarily Large Integers

Create Digits in Memory

Append Digits to List

Function to Print a Number

Function to Free a Number

Read a Number from Input

Search a Number for a Digit

Summary

Pre-Class 1

Reverse a Linked List

Sort Linked Lists

Class 1

Intro to Libraries

Library Components

Making Our Own Library - Header File

Making Our Own Library - Source File

Making Our Own Library - Object File

Create A Complex Number Library

Complex Number Library Source File

Complex Number Library Header File

Assembling the Complex Number Library

Testing Our Complex Number Library

Compile the Library to an Object File

Compile to an Object File

Make an Executable Program

Summary

Off to MATLAB!

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