R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering (Autonomous), Guntur-522019, A.P.
R-24
CS114 PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING L T P C Int Ext
(Common to branches CSE/IT/CSM/CSD/CSO) 4 - - 4.0 30 70
Semester I [First Year]
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, the student will understand the
1. basic problem solving process using Flow Charts and algorithms.
2. basic concepts of control structures in C.
3. concepts of arrays, functions, pointers and Dynamic memory allocation in C.
4. concepts of structures, unions, files and command line arguments in C.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After successful completion of the course, the students are able to
1. illustrate flow charts and algorithms for simple problems.
2. choose suitable control structures for developing code in C.
3. apply modular programming concepts for developing code in C.
4. develop code for complex applications.
UNIT I [CO:1] (15)
Introductory Concepts: Block Diagram of Computer, Computer Characteristics, Hardware vs
Software, how to Develop a Program, Structured Programming, Types of Programming Languages.
Introduction to C program, Program Characteristics.
Introduction to C Programming: Character set, Identifiers and Keywords, Data types, Constants, type
qualifiers, Declaration and Initialization of variables.
Operators & Expressions: Arithmetic Operators, Unary Operators, Relational and Logical Operators,
Assignment Operators, Conditional Operator, Data Input and Output.
UNIT II [CO:2] (15)
Control Statements: Branching, Looping, Nested Control Structures, Switch Statement, Break
Statement, continue Statement, and Goto Statement.
Array: Defining an Array, Processing an Array, Multidimensional Arrays & Strings.
UNIT III [CO:3] (15)
Functions: Defining a Function, Accessing a Function, Function prototypes, Passing Arguments to a
Function, Passing Arrays to Functions, Recursion, Storage Classes.
Pointers: Fundamentals, Pointer Declarations, Passing Pointers to a Function, Pointers and Arrays,
Dynamic memory allocation, Operations on Pointers, Pointers and Multi Dimensional Arrays, Arrays of
Pointers.
UNIT IV [CO:4] (15)
Structures and Unions: Defining a Structure, Processing a Structure, User-Defined Data Types,
Structures and Pointers, Passing Structures to Functions, Self-Referential Structures, Unions.
File Handling: Opening and Closing a Data File, Reading and Writing a Data File, Processing a Data
File, Unformatted Data Files, Accessing the File Randomly. Command line arguments, The
C-preprocessor.
LEARNING RESOURCES:
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TEXT BOOK:
Programming with C (Schaum's Outlines) by Byron Gottfried, Third Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
REFERENCE BOOK(s):
1. Programming in C by Stephen G. Kochan, Fourth Edition, Pearson
2. C Complete Reference, Herbert Sheildt, TMH., 2000.
3. Programming with C by K R Venugopal & Sudeep R Prasad, TMH., 1997.
4. The C programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie, Second Edition, Prentice
Hall.
5. A Structured Programming Approach Using C by Behrouz A.Forouzan, Richard F.Gilberg, Third
Edition, Cengage 2007.
WEB RESOURCES:
1. http://cprogramminglanguage.net/
2. http://lectures-c.blogspot.com/
3. http://www.coronadoenterprises.com/tutorials/c/c_intro.htm
4. http://vfu.bg/en/e-Learning/Computer-Basics--computer_basics2.pdf
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