Course detail

The C Programming Language

FIT-IJCAcad. year: 2025/2026

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)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

2 assignments (30% if points)
Within this course, attendance on the lectures is not monitored. The knowledge of students is examined by 2 assignments and by the final exam.

Aims

The goal is to introduce students to ISO C programming language and programming techniques in C.
Basic knowledge of C programming language, including pointers, address arithmetic, and dynamic memory allocation/deallocation. Modular programming in C.

Study aids

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

Herout, P.: Učebnice jazyka C, 6. vydání, Kopp, 2010
ISO: Programming languages - C, N1570 Committee Draft, 2011
ISO: Programming languages - C, N2176 Committee Draft, 2017
Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: Programovací jazyk C, Computer Press, 2006
Kernighan, B.; Ritchie, D.: The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989
Soubor materiálů prezentovaných na přednáškách je dostupný na WWW.
Stroustrup, B.: The C++ programming language, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2014

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-MAI-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 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, ISO C18). 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, typecasting, 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. The 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.
  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., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vladimír Janoušek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

   - 2 assignments