Course detail

The C Programming Language

FIT-IJCAcad. year: 2017/2018

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Dr. Ing. Petr Peringer

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

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

Course curriculum

    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.

    Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students:
    • 2 assignments

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

assignments

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic 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

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Dr. Ing. Petr Peringer

Syllabus

  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.

Project

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Dr. Ing. Petr Peringer