C Syllabus Foundation, Important Topics, Course- PW Skills

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C programming is the first step for most beginners to start learning programming. C language is also called the mother of all programming languages as it has existed for a long time, and most of the latest programming languages use its concept in their syntax. Learning C programming language is a step-by-step process that is fun if we are under good guidance.

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C Syllabus Foundation

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Important Topics C Syllabus
Name of Lesson	Topic
1	Introduction to Programming
2	Program and Programming
3	Programming Languages
4	Types of Softwares
5	Operating Systems
6	DOS Commands
7	Basic Linux Commands and VI Editor
8	Compiler, Interpreter, Loader, and Linker
Fundamentals in C
1	History of C langauge
2	A Simple C Program
3	Program Execution Phases
4	Backslash Character Constants
5	Character Set
6	Constants
7	Number Systems
8	Format Specifiers
9	Identifiers
10	Keywords
11	Variables
12	Data Types
13	Declaration of Variable
14	Assigning Values to Variables
15	Initialization
16	Comments
17	Const Qualifier
18	Basic Structure of a ‘C’ Program
19	Programming Examples
Operators and Expressions
1	Arithmetic Operators
2	Increment and Decrement Operators
3	Relational Operators
4	Logical Operators
5	Bitwise Operators
6	Assignment Operators
7	Conditional Operator
8	Size of Operator
9	Comma Operator
10	Type Casting Operator
11	Other Operators
12	Precedence and Order of Evaluation
13	Programming Examples
Data Types
1	Format Specifiers
2	Dealing with Each Data Type
3	Memory Representation of Each Type
4	Programming Examples
5	Modifiers
Input-Output Library Functions
1	Unformatted I-O Functions
2	Single Character Input-Output
3	String Input-Output
4	Formatted I-O Functions
5	printf () Width Specifier
6	scanf () Width Specifier
7	Programming Examples
Conditional Statements
1	if
2	if-else
3	Nested if-else
4	else-if Ladder
5	Multiple Branching Control Statement
6	switch-case
7	Loop Control Statements
8	while
9	do-while
10	for
11	Nested Loops
12	Jump Control Statements
13	break
14	continue
15	goto
16	exit
17	return
18	Programming Examples
Function in C language
1	What is Function?
2	Why Function?
3	Advantages of Using Functions
4	Function Prototype
5	Defining a Function
6	Calling a Function
7	Return Statement
8	Types of Functions
9	Recursion
10	Nested Functions
11	main() Function
12	Library Function
13	Local and Global Variables
14	Programming Examples
Storage Class
1	Scoping Rules
2	Dealing with All Storage Classes
3	Programming Examples
4	Types of Storage Class
Pointer in C Programming
1	Definition of Pointer
2	Declaration of Pointer Variables
3	Assigning Address to Pointer
4	Variables
5	Dereferencing Pointer Variables
6	Pointer to Pointer
7	Pointer Arithmetic
8	Pointer Comparisons
9	Dereference and Increment Pointer
10	Programming Examples
Pointer and Function ( Passing Parameter Techniques)
1	Call by Value, Call by Address
2	Using Pointers as Arguments
3	Function Returning Value
4	Functions Returning Address
5	Function Returning Pointers
6	Dangling Pointer
7	Pointer to a Function
8	Calling a Function Through Function Pointer
9	Passing a Function’s Address as an Argument
10	Functions with Variable Number of Arguments
11	Programming Examples
Array in C language
1	Declaration of 1D Arrays
2	Initialization of 1D Arrays
3	Accessing Elements of 1D Arrays
4	Reading and Displaying Elements
5	Two Dimensional Arrays
6	Declaration of 2D Arrays
7	Initialization of 2D Arrays
8	Accessing Elements of 2D Arrays
9	Reading and Displaying Elements
10	Programming Examples
Pointer and One Dimensional Arrays
1	Subscripting Pointer Variables
2	Pointer to an Array
3	Array of Pointers
4	Pointers and Two Dimensional Arrays
5	Subscripting Pointer to an Array
6	Programming Examples
Array and Function
1	1D Array and Function
2	Passing Individual Array Elements to a Function
3	Passing Individual Array Elements Address to a Function
4	Passing Whole 1D Array to a Function
5	2D Array and Function
6	Passing Individual Array Elements to a Function
7	Passing Individual Array Elements Address to a Function
8	Passing Whole 2D Array to a Function
9	Using Arrays of Function Pointer
10	Programming Examples
Dynamic Memory Allocation
1	calloc()
2	realloc()
3	free()
4	Malloc()
5	Memory Leak
6	Dynamic 1D and 2D Arrays
7	Core Dump
8	Programming Examples
Strings in C Programming language
1	Initializing Strings
2	Reading Strings
3	Displaying Strings
4	The %s Format Specifier
5	The gets() and puts() Functions
6	String Handling Functions
7	String Pointers
8	Two-Dimensional Character Arrays or Array of Strings
9	Array of Pointers to Strings
10	Programming Examples
Command Line Arguments
1	What is Command Prompt?
2	What are Command Line Arguments?
3	Programs Using Command Line
Preprocessor in C
1	What is Preprocessing?
2	Macro Expansions
3	File Inclusions
4	Conditional Compilation
5	Programming Examples
Structure in C
1	Why is Structure Used?
2	What is Structure?
3	Advantages of Structures
4	Defining a Structure
5	Declaration of Structure Variables
6	Initialization of Structure Variables
7	Accessing Structure Members
8	Storage of Structures in Memory
9	Size of Structures
10	Reading and Displaying Structure Variables
11	Assignment of Structure Variables
12	Pointers to Structures
13	Array of Structures
14	Arrays Within Structures
15	Nested Structures
16	Self-Referential Structures
17	Programming Examples
Structure and Function in C
1	Passing Structure Member to a Function
2	Passing Structure Variable to a Function
3	Passing Structure Variable Address to a Function
4	Passing Array of Structure to a Function
5	Returning a Structure Variable from Function
6	Returning a Structure Variable Address from Function
7	Returning Structure Variable from a Function
8	Programming Examples
Union and Enumeration and Typedef
1	What are Unions?
2	Structures Versus Unions
3	Working with Unions
4	Initializing Unions
5	Advantages of Unions
6	Enum Keyword
7	Typedef Keyword
8	Programming Examples
File Handling in C
1	Using Files in C
2	Buffer and Streams
3	Working with Text Files and Binary
4	Files
5	File Operations Using Standard Library and System Calls
6	File Management I/O Functions
7	Random Access Files
8	Programming Examples

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