This course illustrates the basic elements of programming in the C Language. The course uses interactive programming exercises to teach the components of a C program and the syntax of basic C commands. The course begins with an overview of C and its history, comparing it with other programming languages. The structures and elements that every program must contain are introduced, then keywords and identifiers are covered along with the printf( ) function. The use of white space, indents, and comments to document C programs are also covered. The interactive constructs, conditional constructs, execution control statements, break, and continue are explained, demonstrated, and practiced. Data types used in C programs, arithmetic operators, logical operators, and abbreviation of C statements using cryptic constructs are also introduced. This course is not written to a specific version.

• History and Overview
• Anatomy of a C Program
• Write C Statements
• Format Program Output
• Using Numeric Variable Data
• Documenting and Formatting a C Program

Unit 2: Loops

• Structured Programming
• While Loops
• Do-while Loops
• For Loops

Unit 3: Branches and Switches

• Conditional Branching
• Break and Continue
• Switch Construct

Unit 4: Program Variables

• Variables
• Assigning Variables
• Character and Floating Point Variables
• Additional Data Types
• Formatting Output
• Manipulating Output

Unit 5: Comparing Variables

• Comparing Program Variables
• Combined Conditional Expressions