Lecture 1

CSC1103: Fundamentals of Programming [ C ]
Lecture 1
Fall 2023
Syed Muhammad Hassan

Email: syed.hassan@szabist.pk
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Lecture Plan
• Introduction
Fundamentals of Programming
• Course Syllabus
• Sample C Program
• Chapter 1: Introducing C
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Introduction
• Introduce yourself.
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Course Overview
• Course
• Class Timings
• Course Material
• Marks Instruments
• Grading
• Attendance
• What to Avoid
• Keys to Success
• Syllabus / Topics
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Course Credit Hours
• Fundamentals of Programming: 4 Credit Hours Course
– Theory: 3 Credit Hours ( 1 Classes / Week )
– Instructor: Syed Muhammad Hassan
– Lab: 1 Credit Hour (1 Labs / Week )

– Instructor: ?
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Course Objectives
• Course Objective:
– Learning about problem solving skills
– Learn logic building

– Writing pseudo code
– Getting familiarized with basic building blocks and programming constructs of PL.
– Enabling Students to develop analytical skills and solve practical programming problems.
• Teaching and Learning Methodology:

– Lectures
– Live Code Demonstration
– Writing Pseudo Code
– Readings and Assessments
– Class Discussion and Student Participation
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Course Material
• ZABDESK:
https://fallzabdesk.szabist.edu.pk/
• Google Class Room

• Questions/Discussions:
– Preferably on email: syed.hassan@szabist.pk
– OR Class Break
– OR by appointment through email
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Books
• Text Book:
• C Programming: A Modern Approach by K. N. King
2nd Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
• Reference Books:
• Effective C: An Introduction to Professional C Programming, Robert C. Seacord, No Starch
Press ,2020
• Learn C Programming: A beginners guide to learning C programming the easy and disciplined way,
Jeff Szuhay, 1st Edition, Packt Publishing,2020
• Programming in C, Stephen G. Kochan , 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley,2014
• C Programming Absolute Beginners Guide, Greg Perry, Dean Miller , 3rd Edition, Que
Publishing,2013
• Let Us C, by Yashavant P. Kanetkar, 8th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning,2008
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Attendance
• As per SZABIST Official Policy
• Maximum THREE Absences allowed in CS Program
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What to avoid?
• Things to avoid
• Coming late
• Marked late if found absent during attendance.

• Two lates are considered equivalent to 1 absent
• Use of Mobile phones during lecture

• Strictly prohibited
• Disturbing others during lecture
• Plagiarism
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Plagiarism
• You must never copy solutions from any source or give your
homework to another student. Cheating will result in a failing grade
for the course.
• However, you are allowed and encouraged to discuss the exercises.

This means asking for suggestions when you are stuck and discussing
examples that are similar but not part of the exercise. You must never
share code or solutions to the assigned problems.
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Course Syllabus
• Introducing C
• First Program in C
• C Fundamentals
• Formatted Input / Output
• Expressions
• Selection Statements
• Loops, Basic Types
• Arrays
• Functions
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Course Syllabus
• Passing Arguments to Functions
• Scope Rules
• Program Organization
• Debugging and Error Tracking
• Pointers
• Pointers for Array Processing
• String, [ Searching, Sorting]
• Structures, Unions, Enumerations
• Filing
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Online Learning
• Coursera, https://www.coursera.org/
• Udemy, https://www.udemy.com/
• edX, https://www.edx.org/
• Stanford Engineering Everywhere, http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx
• MITOpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu
• Big Data University, http://bigdatauniversity.com/
• OpenSAP, https://open.sap.com/
• Khan Academy, http://www.khanacademy.org/
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Online Learning
• Udacity, http://www.udacity.com/
• Skillshare, http://www.skillshare.com/
• Venture Lab, https://venturelab.stanford.edu/
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Class Focal Person
• Class Representative.
• Name?
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Any Questions?
• Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
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Course Pre-requisites
• Not Applicable
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Keys to success
• Code, code and code….
• You can’t remember coding….
• You can’t learn coding…

• You practice and learn coding…
• Practical hands on experience of real world programming problems is very
helpful.
• Find yourself problems beyond what is discussed in class.
• Always read/revise previous lectures before coming to class or any related
material discussed previously.
• Looking up and solutions, and assignment are always very important
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Good Computer Scientist
• Self-learner
• Desire for innovations
• Think logically
• Avoids distractions and follows a plan
• Keeps patience and focuses on the target
• Over the time acquires knowledge of computer science application
domains
• Is a good team worker with good communication skills
• Takes care of his/her health
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Advantages of C
• Advantages
– Efficient: Runs quickly, Programs may execute on systems with limited memory.
– Portable: Program can run from PCs to Supercomputers
– Powerful: Lots of data types and operators
– Flexible: Used for both system programming and applications
– Standard library: Rich set of features
– Integrated well with UNIX: Self explanatory.
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Disadvantages of C
• Disadvantages
– Error-prone
– Difficult to understand
– Difficult to maintain
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C Program Compilation
C Code
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C Program Compilation (Another View)
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Preprocessor
The Preprocessor accepts source code as input and is responsible for:

• removing comments
• interpreting special preprocessor directives denoted by #.
For example
#include -- includes contents of a named file. Files usually called header files. e.g
#include <math.h> -- standard library maths file.
#include <stdio.h> -- standard library I/O file
#define -- defines a symbolic name or constant. Macro substitution.
#define MAX_ARRAY_SIZE 100
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C Compiler
• The C compiler translates source to assembly code.

• The source code is received from the preprocessor.
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Assembler
• The assembler creates object code that represents Machine Code or

low level instructions for the processor.
• On a UNIX system you may see files with a .o suffix (.OBJ on MSDOS)
to indicate object code files.
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Link Editor
If a source file references library functions or functions defined in other

source files the link editor combines these functions (with main()) to
create an executable file ( .exe file ) . External Variable references are
also resolved here.
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CSC1103: Fundamentals of Programming [ C ]

Syed Muhammad Hassan

– Instructor: Syed Muhammad Hassan

– Lab: 1 Credit Hour (1 Labs / Week )

– Learn logic building

• Teaching and Learning Methodology:

• Google Class Room

• Marked late if found absent during attendance.

• Use of Mobile phones during lecture

• Disturbing others during lecture

for the course.

• However, you are allowed and encouraged to discuss the exercises.

• Venture Lab, https://venturelab.stanford.edu/

• You can’t learn coding…

– Portable: Program can run from PCs to Supercomputers

– Powerful: Lots of data types and operators

– Flexible: Used for both system programming and applications

– Standard library: Rich set of features

– Integrated well with UNIX: Self explanatory.

The Preprocessor accepts source code as input and is responsible for:

• interpreting special preprocessor directives denoted by #.

• The C compiler translates source to assembly code.

• The assembler creates object code that represents Machine Code or

low level instructions for the processor.

If a source file references library functions or functions defined in other

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