Learning C

Get a quick introduction to the vocabulary and basics of programming in C, the language that inspired C++, Objective-C, and many others.

Introduction

• Programming foundations in C

1. Hello World

• Understanding the process
• Obtaining a compiler and IDE
• Compiling a sample program
• Reviewing the C language

2. The Basics

• Introducing C code
• Sending text to output
• Challenge: Add a puts() statement
• Solution: Add a puts() statement
• Adding comments to the code
• Exploring the printf() function
• Challenge: Add a new line
• Solution: Add a new line
• Working with escape sequences
• Challenge: Use escape sequences
• Solution: Use escape sequences
• Working with values and placeholders
• Introducing variables
• Experimenting with variables
• Using character I/O
• Exploring the scanf() function
• Working with strings
• Understanding arithmetic in C
• Doing math
• Making more calculations
• Challenge: Math quiz
• Solution: Math quiz

3. Flow Control

• Making a decision with if
• Making multiple decisions
• Challenge: Make a decision
• Solution: Make a decision
• Looping with while
• Repeating chunks of code with for
• Challenge: Output a series of numbers
• Solution: Output a series of numbers
• Nested loops
• Understanding functions
• Adding a function
• Passing values to a function
• Challenge: Evaluate a number
• Solution: Evaluate a number
• Returning a value from a function

4. Intermediate Concepts

• Manipulating single characters
• Using logical operators
• Manipulating strings
• Challenge: Build a string
• Solution: Build a string
• Exploring constant expressions
• Understanding arrays
• Creating multidimensional arrays
• Challenge: Add a dimension to an array
• Solution: Add a dimension to an array
• Understanding structures

5. Advanced Concepts

• Exploring variables
• Understanding pointers
• Using pointers
• Challenge: Create a char pointer
• Solution: Create a char pointer
• Accessing arrays with pointers
• Creating pointer functions
• Working with pointer arrays
• Allocating memory
• Challenge: Write a Hello program
• Solution: Write a Hello program

Conclusion

• Continue exploring C programming