Why C?

• C is building block for many other currently known languages.
• Learning C provides a strong procedural background with worthy skill set.
• Language constructs in C such as “if” statements,”for”,”while” loops and types of variables can found in many modern language.
• For a programmer who hasn’t learned something like C, will face difficulty in handling concepts like pointers, data types, passing values by reference.
• Knowing C takes you closer to the hardware, to better understand how things work on system.
• Many blocks of operating systems like UNIX, Linux & windows are coded in C, because no other language stands when it comes to performance.
• While learning C++ or JAVA we come across concepts like class, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, templates etc, which are very difficult to understand without being comfortable with basics.

C program to get size of a file (approx.)

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void main()
{
FILE *fp;
char c,name[10];
long int size=0;
clrscr();
printf("Enter the file name with extension(like .txt,.c,.cpp):");
scanf("%s",name); 
fp=fopen(name,"r");
if(fp==NULL)
{
printf("Unable to open the file");
getch();
exit(5);
}
while((fscanf(fp,"%c",&c))!=EOF)
size++;
printf("Size of file: %ld bytes",size);
getch();
}

C program which prints its code.

/*Save this program as proprint.c*/ 

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

void main()

{

FILE *fp;

char ch;

clrscr();

fp=fopen("proprint.c","r");

/*You can replace here program name to get that program printed */

if(fp==NULL)

{

printf("Unable to open");

getch();

exit(5);

}

while(fscanf(fp,"%c",&ch)!=EOF)

printf("%c",ch);

getch();

}

C programs for pascal triangle

/* Method 1*/

#include<stdio.h>
unsigned long int fact (int a);

int main(){
int i,j,k,n;
printf("Enter the number:");
scanf("%d",&n);
for(i=0;i<n;i++){
    k=0;
for(j=0;j<n;j++){
     if(i+j>=n-1){
           printf(" %d",fact(i)/(fact(k)*fact(i-k)));
           k++;
    }
     else
            printf(" ");
}

 printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}



 unsigned long int fact(int a)
{
unsigned long int q,w=1;
for(q=1;q<=a;q++)
w=w*q;
return(w);
}

                                                        /* Method 2*/

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

void main()

{

int l,i,r=0,sum=0,sp;

clrscr();

printf("Enter the req. number of lines\n");

scanf("%d",&l);

while(r<l)

{

for(sp=30-2*r;sp>0;sp--)

printf(" ");

for(i=0;i<=r;i++)

{

if(i==0||r==0)

sum=1;

else

sum=(sum*(r-i+1))/i;

printf("%4d",sum);

}

printf("\n");

r++;

}

getch();

}



Out put-

Fill you screen with smiley icon

/*ASCII value of Smiley Icon is 1.*/

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

void main()

{

 int y;

 clrscr();

 for(y=1; y<=1000; y++)

   printf("%2c",1);

 getch();

}

Some use full comands in turbo C

Alt+F9 = Compile 

Ctrl+F9 = Compile+Link+Run

Basic Cursor Movement Commands.

Character left          Left
Character right         Right
Line up                 Up
Line down               Down
Scroll up               Ctrl-W
Scroll down             Ctrl-Z
Page up                 PgUp
Page down               PgDn

Quick Cursor Movement Commands.

Beginning of line           Home
End of line                 End
Beginning of file           Ctrl Home
End of file                 Ctrl End

Insert and Delete Commands.

Insert Mode On/Off          Insert
Delete line                 Ctrl-Y

Block Commands.

Mark block begin            ctrl-KB
Mark block end              ctrl-KK
Copy marked block           ctrl-KC
Move marked block           ctrl-KV
Delete Marked Block         ctrl-KY
Write block to file         ctrl-KW
Read from a file            ctrl-KR
To unmark the block         ctrl-QY

Miscellaneous Commands.

Load file                          F3
Save                               F2
Quit TurboC                        alt-X
Find                              ctrl-QF
To add watch                      ctrl+F7

To find meaning of key word        ctrl+F1

To save the program                F2

To open the file                   F3

Undo                               Alt+BkSp

Redo                               Shift+Alt+BkSp

Close                              Alt+F3

User screen                        Alt+F5

Trace into                         F7

Step over                          F8

C programming books.

1. Let us C-Yashavant Kanetkar.
2. Programming in ANSI C- Balaguruswamy.
3. Head first C , by David Griffiths and Dawn Griffiths
4. Click here for more books-http://www.cprogramming.com/books/c.html