Monday, 18 April 2016

First C Program

Before starting the abcd of C language, you need to learn how to write, compile and run the first c program.

To write the first c program, open the C console and write the following code:

#include <stdio.h>  
#include <conio.h>  
void main(){  
printf("Hello C Language");  
  
getch();  
}  
#include <stdio.h> includes the standard input output library functions. The printf() function is defined in stdio.h .

#include <conio.h> includes the console input output library functions. The getch() function is defined in conio.h file.

void main() The main() function is the entry point of every program in c language. The void keyword specifies that it returns no value.

printf() The printf() function is used to print data on the console.

getch() The getch() function asks for a single character. Until you press any key, it blocks the screen.

c program
How to compile and run the c program

There are 2 ways to compile and run the c program, by menu and by shortcut.

By menu

Now click on the compile menu then compile sub menu to compile the c program.

Then click on the run menu then run sub menu to run the c program.

By shortcut

Or, press ctrl+f9 keys compile and run the program directly.

You will see the following output on user screen.
c program output

c program output
You can view the user screen any time by pressing the alt+f5 keys.

Now press Esc to return to the turbo c++ console.

clear screen by clrscr() function

If you run the c program many times, it will append the output in previous output. But, you can call clrscr() function to clear the screen. So it will be better for you to call clrscr() function after the main method as given below:

#include <stdio.h>  
#include <conio.h>  
void main(){  
clrscr();  
printf("Hello C Language");  
  
getch();  
}  

How to install C

How to install C

There are many compilers available for c and c++. You need to download any one. Here, we are going to use Turbo C++. It will work for both C and C++. To install the Turbo C software, you need to follow following steps.

Download Turbo C++

Create turboc directory inside c drive and extract the tc3.zip inside c:\turboc
Double click on install.exe file
Click on the tc application file located inside c:\TC\BIN to write the c program

1) Download Turbo C++ software


You can download turbo c++ from many sites. download Turbo c++

2) Create turboc directory in c drive and extract the tc3.zip

Now, you need to create a new directory turboc inside the c: drive. Now extract the tc3.zip file in c:\truboc directory.

3) Double click on the install.exe file and follow steps

Now, click on the install icon located inside the c:\turboc
install turbo c++

install turbo c++
It will ask you to install c or not, press enter to install.
how to install  turbo c++

Change your drive to c, press c.
how to install turbo c

Press enter, it will look inside the c:\turboc directory for the required files.
how to install turbo c++

Select Start installation by the down arrow key then press enter.
how to install turbo c++


Now C is installed, press enter to read documentation or close the software. how to install turbo c
how to install turbo c

how to install turbo c
4) Click on the tc application located inside c:\TC\BIN

Now double click on the tc icon located in c:\TC\BIN directory to write the c program.

tc
In windows 7 or window 8, it will show a dialog block to ignore and close the application because fullscreen mode is not supported. Click on Ignore button.

Now it will showing following console.

install tc

Features of C Language

Features of C Language

C is the widely used language. It provides a lot offeatures that are given below.
  1. Simple
  2. Machine Independent or Portable
  3. Mid-level programming language
  4. structured programming language
  5. Rich Library
  6. Memory Management
  7. Fast Speed
  8. Pointers
  9. Recursion
  10. Extensible

1) Simple


C is a simple language in the sense that it provides structured approach (to break the problem into parts), rich set of library functions, data types etc.

2) Machine Independent or Portable


Unlike assembly language, c programs can be executed in many machines with little bit or no change. But it is not platform-independent.


3) Mid-level prorgramming language


C is also used to do low level programming. It is used to develop system applications such as kernel, driver etc. It also supports the feature of high level language. That is why it is known as mid-level language.

4) Structured prorgramming language


C is a structured programming language in the sense that we can break the program into parts using functions. So, it is easy to understand and modify.

5) Rich Library


C provides a lot of inbuilt functions that makes the development fast.

6) Memory Management


It supports the feature of dynamic memory allocation. In C language, we can free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function.

7) Speed


The compilation and execution time of C language is fast.

8) Pointer


C provides the feature of pointers. We can directly interact with the memory by using the pointers. We can use pointers for memory, structures, functions, array etc.

9) Recursion


In c, we can call the function within the function. It provides code reusability for every function.

10) Extensible


C language is extensible because it can easily adopt new features.

History of C Language

History of C Language

History of C language is interesting to know. Here we are going to discuss brief history of c language.

C programming language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at bell laboratories of AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph), located in U.S.A.

Dennis Ritchie is known as the founder of c language.

It was developed to overcome the problems of previous languages such as B, BCPL etc.

Initially, C language was developed to be used in UNIX operating system. It inherits many features of previous languages such as B and BCPL.

Let's see the programming languages that were developed before C language.

Language Year Developed By
Algol 1960 International Group
BCPL 1967 Martin Richard
B 1970 Ken Thompson
Traditional C 1972 Dennis Ritchie
K & R C 1978 Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie
ANSI C 1989 ANSI Committee
ANSI/ISO C 1990 ISO Committee
C99 1999 Standardization Committee

Friday, 15 April 2016

What is C Language

C Programming Language Tutorial

C language Tutorial with programming approach for beginners and professionals, helps you to understand the C language tutorial easily. Our C tutorial explains each topic with programs.
The C Language is developed for creating system applications that direct interacts to the hardware devices such as drivers, kernals etc.
C programming is considered as the base for other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother language.
It can be defined by following ways:
  1. Mother language
  2. System programming language
  3. Procedure-oriented programming language
  4. Structured programming language
  5. Mid level programming language

1) C as a mother language

C language is considered as the mother language of all the modern languages because most of the compilers, JVMs, Kernals etc. are written in C language and most of languages follows c syntax e.g. C++, Java etc.
It provides the core concepts like array, functions, file handling etc. that is being used in many languages like C++, java, C# etc.

2) C as a system programming language
A system programming language is used to create system softwares. C language is a system programming language because it can be used to do low level programming (e.g. driver and kernel). It is generally used to create hardware devices, OS, drivers, kernels etc. For example, linux kernel is written in C.
It can?t be used in internet programming like java, .net, php etc.

3) C as a procedural language

A procedure is known as function, method, routine, subroutine etc. A procedural language specifies a series of steps or procedures for the program to solve the problem.
A procedural language breaks the program into functions, data structures etc.
C is a procedural language. In C, variables and function prototypes must be declared before being used.

4) C as a structured programming language

A structured programming language is a subset of procedural language. Structure means to break a program into parts or blocks so that it may be easy to understand.
In C language, we break the program into parts using functions. It makes the program easier to understand and modify.

5) C as a mid-level programming language

C is considered as a middle level language because it supports the feature of both low-level and high level language. C language program is converted into assembly code, supports pointer arithmetic (low level), but it is machine independent (feature of high level).
Low level language is specific to one machine i.e. machine dependent. It is machine dependent, fast to run. But it is not easy to understand.
High Level language is not specific to one machine i.e. machine independent. It is easy to understand.