Course details

The C Programming Language

IJC Acad. year 2017/2018 Summer semester 5 credits

Current academic year

The C programming language as defined by ISO standard. The definition of C language, pointers, modularity, C standard library. Debugging and testing of programs. Basic overview of C++, using the C++ standard library.

Guarantor

Peringer Petr, Dr. Ing. (DITS)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Examination (written)

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 70 pts final exam (written part)
  • 30 pts projects

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Basic knowledge of C programming language, including pointers, address arithmetic, and dynamic memory allocation/deallocation. Modular programming in C.

Learning objectives

The goal is to introduce students to ISO C programming language and programming techniques in C.

Recommended prerequisites

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites

Fundamental literature

  • Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989 Stroustrup, B.: The C++ programming language, third edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997 Plauger, P.J.: The Standard C Library, Prentice-Hall, 1992 ISO: Programming languages - C, WG14/N869 Committee Draft, 1999 ISO: Programming languages - C, N2176 Committee Draft, 2017

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Introduction. Overview of C language (K&R, ANSI C, ISO C90, ISO C99, ISO C11). Basic language constructs, examples of C programs.
  2. Definition of C language: lexical elements, declaration syntax, basic types, variables.
  3. Array, address space, address, pointer. Pointers and arrays, address arithmetic. Alignment, little/big endian. Dynamic memory allocation.
  4. C-strings, multi-dimensional arrays, structures, unions.
  5. Enumerations. Expressions, operators, type casting, operator precedence. Statements.
  6. Functions, argument passing. Pointers to functions. Command line arguments. The C preprocessor: macros, conditional compilation.
  7. Program structure, compilation units. Linking. Program "make".
  8. The C standard library. Debugging support, character classification, internationalization. Input/output, files.
  9. The examples of standard library use. String and memory management. Time functions. Math library, complex library.
  10. Creation of shared libraries. Linking of code written in various languages. 
  11. C++ basics, typical differences of C and C++. New operators of C++, overloading, namespaces.
  12. Input/output in C++, streams. Basic use of C++ standard library (containers, iterators, algorithms, strings). Simple examples.
  13. Profiling and program optimization. Rules for writing portable code. Program checking tools. Program documentation tools.

Progress assessment

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Controlled instruction

assignments

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 1st year of study, Elective
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