Course details

The C Programming Language

CPP Acad. year 2004/2005 Winter semester 5 credits

Current academic year

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

Guarantor

Peringer Petr, Dr. Ing. (DITS)

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs 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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites

Study literature

  • Herout, P.: Učebnice jazyka C, 4. vydání, Kopp, 2004, ISBN 80-7232-220-6
  • Harbison S., Steele G.: C: Referenční příručka jazyka C, Science, 1996, ISBN 80-901475-50
  • Eckel, B.: Myslíme v jazyku C++, GRADA, 2000, ISBN:80-247-9009-2
  • Eckel, B.: Thinking in C++, Volume 1: Introduction to Standard C++, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000, ISBN:0139798099, [dostupné elektronicky na WWW]
  • Materiály na WWW stránce předmětu IJC

Fundamental literature

  • Kernighan, B., Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN 0-13-110362-8
  • Harbison S., Steele G.: C: A Reference Manual, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-089592-X
  • Stroustrup, B.: The C++ programming language, third edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN: 0201889544
  • Eckel, B.: Thinking in C++, Volume 1: Introduction to Standard C++, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000, ISBN:0139798099

Syllabus of lectures

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

Progress assessment

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

Controlled instruction

There are no checked study.

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