Review of Topics for the Final Exam

• Definitions of program and problem solving
• Basic structure of a computer
• Basic structure of a C program
• Simple UNIX commands, including compiler invocation

Lecture Week 2 , Chapters 3,4

• Program variables
• Types int, double, char
• Arithmetic expressions
• Assignment statements
• Mathematical library functions
• Value input with scanf
• Value output with printf
• Defining simple program functions
• Program execution and testing
• The layout of program memory

Lecture Week 3 , Chapters 4,6

• Program definition with multiple functions
• Function parameters and return value
• The use of function prototypes
• If statements
• If-else statements
• Conditional expressions
• Operator precedence
• The difference between '=' and '=='
• Nested if statements
• Switch statements

Lecture Week 4 , Chapters 5,6

• Program loop basics
• While and for loops
• Counting and sentinel loops
• Incremental sums and other calculations
• Nested loops
• Using functions in programs

Lecture Week 5 , Chapters 8,9

• Array basics
• Arrays and loops
• Array parameters in functions
• Introduction to arrays of char, aka, strings

Lecture Week 6 , Chapters 7,8,9

• Introduction to typedef and .h files
• String functions
• Arrays of arrays, including arrays of strings
• More on array parameters in functions
• Array bounds checking
• Pictures of what program memory looks like

Lecture Week 7 , Chapters 11,13; NO Section 11.6, Sections 13.1 - 13.3 only

• Structure types
• The typedef declaration
• Structures as function parameters
• Arrays of structures
• Programs in .h and .c files

Lecture Week 8 , Chapters 6,13; Sections 13.7 only

• Review of program testing
• Review of function parameters
• Formal output parameters
• Parameters to the main function

Lecture Week 9 , Chapters 13,14; Sections 13.1 - 13.3, Sections 14.1, 14.2

• Pointers
• The '*' and '&' operators
• Memory allocation with malloc and calloc
• Comparing dynamic versus static memory
• Another programming-in-the-large example