Welcome to the Lecture

Series on
Introduction to Programming
With Java

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Syllabus
Structure of Java programs
Input and output to screen with Java program
Statements
Conditional statements
Loop constructs
Arrays, character and string handling
Functions (if time permits)

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Books & References

1. Java 2: The Complete Reference
Patrick Naughton, Herbert Schildt
2. Thinking in Java (http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/)
Bruce Eckel
3. Richard G Baldwins Introductory Java Programming
Tutorial on: http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocint.htm

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Contents for Todays Lecture

Structure of Java programs
Compiling and running the program
Printing messages to the screen

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Some Basics
Q. What is a program?
Ans. A sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret
and execute.
Q. Why Java and not Hindi / Marathi / English?
Ans. Since, so far, computer is not intelligent enough to
understand natural languages.

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Structure of Java Programs

class class-name {
public static void main(String args[]) {
statement1;
statement2;

}
}
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Example Program
First.java
class First {

public static void main(String args[]) {

System.out.println(Hello World);
}

}
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Compiling & Running the Program

Compiling: is the process of translating source code written in
a particular programming language into computer-readable
machine code that can be executed.
$ javac First.java
This command will produce a file First.class, which is used
for running the program with the command java.
Running: is the process of executing program on a computer.
$ java First

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About Printing on the Screen

1. System.out.println(Hello World); outputs the string
Hello World followed by a new line on the screen.
2. System.out.print(Hello World); - outputs the string Hello
World on the screen. This string is not followed by a new
line.
3. Some Escape Sequence

\n stands for new line character

\t stands for tab character

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Some Tips About Programming

Some common errors in the initial phase of learning
programming:
- Mismatch of parentheses
- Missing ; at the end of statement
- Case sensitivity
The best way to learn programming is writing a lot of
programs on your own.

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Some Assignments
1. Write a program which prints the following information
about at least 5 persons:
NAME MAIL-ID EMPLOYEE-CODE PHONE
Eg. Umesh umesh@cse p03161 25764728
Salil

salil@cse

p03160 25764728

Each entry should be on a separate line.

2. Write a program that prints the following line on the screen
along with quotes.
Can we print \ with System.out.println() statement?
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End

Thank you

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