Core C Language

 Case Sensitive Language

o Higher Case and Lower-Case letters are different
 Standard Keywords
o 32 Keywords
o These keywords are in lower case
 Operators
o Arithmetic
o Relational
o Assignment
o Logical
o Bitwise
o Unary
o Ternary
 Data Types
o Integer family
 char
 short
 int
 long
 long long (Available in GCC)
o Float family
 float
 double
 Variables
o Name given to a memory location to store data
 Global Variables
 static
 extern
 Local Variables
 auto
 static
 Constants
 Standard Input Output (stdio.h) Library
o Library Functions
 getchar()
 gets()
 scanf()
 putchar()
 puts()
 printf()
o Library functions are in lower case
 Program Flow Control
o Condition based program control
 if else ladder
 switch case break default
 Looping
 for
 while
 do while
 Arrays
o To group and access data of same type
o Single Dimension
o Multi Dimension
 Structures
o To group and access data of different types
o Untagged
o Tagged
o Padding
o Bitfields
 Unions
o Similar to structure with significant difference
 Structures & Unions Differences
 Pointers
o NULL Pointer
o WILD Pointer
o void Pointer
o Dangling Pointer
o Function Pointer
o Pointer to a Pointer
 String Handling
o String is a collection (array) of characters (alphanumeric data – Refer ASCII table)
o string library functions (string.h)
 strlen()
 strcmp()
 strcat()
 strrev()
 strcpy()
 strlwr()
 strupr()
 and more ….
o Library functions are in lower case
o Also to know how to implement string functionality without string library
 Command Line Arguments
 Preprocessor
o Labels
o Macros
o Conditional Compilation
 User defined functions
o Function Prototype Declaration
o Function Input Parameters
 Call by Value
 Call by Reference
o Function Return Value
o Function Definition
o Function Call
o Recursion
 Storage Classes
o auto
o register
o const
o extern
o static
 Special Keywords
o sizeof()
o volatile
 Dynamic Memory Allocation Library (stdlib.h)
o DMA library Functions
 malloc()
 calloc()
 realloc()
 free()
 Memory Layout
o Code or Text Segment
o Data Segment
o Stack Segment
o Heap Segment
o Command Line Arguments
 High Level File Input Output
o Library Functions (stdio.h)
 fopen()
 fread()
 fwrite()
 fclose()
 Compilation Stages (Build Process)
o Preprocessing
o Compiling
o Assembling
o Linking
o Load/ Execute
 Linked Lists
o Single
o Double
o Circular