Course Syllabus

EET 361: Programming Structures

Credit Hours: 3 sem hrs.

Text: Structured C for Technology, Adamson, Addison-Wesley

Suppl. text: Microsoft Quick C Programmer's Guide, Microsoft Corp. Inside Visual C++, Microsoft Press

Software: Microsoft Quick C, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Macro Assembler

Prerequisites: SET 153L

Instructor:Prof. Amin Ismail

Date Prepared: Fall 1996

Objectives:

• Study of C from a hardware independent point of view using Microsoft Quick C and Visual C++.
• To learn the facilities provided by the C programming language.
• To learn program structure and develop programs in a structured form.

To explore applications of the C programming language in Engineering and Technology.


Topical Outline

Week 1: Introduction
Introduction to the development process using the C compiler. Familiarity with Microsoft Quick C execution procedures.

Week 2: Data types, operators and expressions
Study of C data types and variables. Use of declarations in the C program. Operators and expressions used in C.

Week 3: Operators
Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, assignment, and other operators. Study of the various expressions used in conjunction with the operators.

Week 4: Flow Control
Flow control Statements and Blocks. IF statements. ELSE statements. WHILE loops, FOR loops, DO-WHILE loops.

Week 5: Flow Control
Break and Continue statements. Using labels in a C program. GOTO statements. Study of program examples using Flow control statements.

Week 6: Functions
Functions and Program Structure. Concepts of functions. Parameter passing. External variables. Scope of variables. Use of header files.

Week 7: Functions
Continued study of functions: static and register variables, block structure, initialization and recursion. Study of the C preprocessor.

Week 8 & 9: Pointers & Arrays
Study of Pointers and Arrays. Pointers & addresses. Character pointers and functions. Pointer arrays. Multi-dimensional arrays. Pointers to functions.

Week 10: Structures
Basics of Structures. Structures and Functions Arrays of Structures, Table lookup, Typedef. Unions. Bit fields.

Week 11: I/O
Input and Output in C. Standard I/O. Formatted I/O File access, Error handling, Line I/O, Misc. Functions. Program examples of I/O.

Week 12: Library Functions
The standard Library functions: I/O, Character Class Tests, String and Math functions, Utilities, Diagnostics, signals, date & time functions.

Week 13: Introduction to C++
A brief introduction to the C++ extension to the C programming language and use of the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler.

Last Revised: September 21, 1997