Programming for Problem Solving (KCS101/KCS201) (M) 

offered by IIT Kanpur

Introduction to components of a computer system

Processor

I/o devices

Memory unit

Operating system

The concept of assembler, Compiler, Interpreter, Loader, and linker

The idea of an algorithm: representation of an algorithm, Flowchart, Pseudo code with examples

From algorithms to programs, Source code

Arithmetic expressions and precedence: Operators and expression using numeric and relational operators

Mixed operands

Type conversion

Logical operators

Bit operations

Assignment operator

Operator precedence and associativity

Iteration and loops: use of while

Do while and for loops

Multiple loop variables

Use of break and continue statements

Functions: introduction

Types of functions

Arrays: Array Without codetation and representation

Manipulating array elements

Using one dimensional and multidimensional arrays

Character arrays and strings

Structure and Array of structures

Union

Enumerated data types

Passing arrays to functions

Pointers: Introduction, declaration, applications

Introduction to dynamic memory allocation

Use of pointers in self-referential structures

Linked list

File handling: File I/O functions

Standard C preprocessors

Defining and calling macros