Introduction: What is C - Getting Started with C - The First C Program – Compilation and Execution - Receiving Input - C Instructions - Control Instructions in C. The Decision Control Structure: The if Statement - The if-else Statement - Use of Logical Operators - The Conditional Operators.

The Loop Control Structure: Loops - The while Loop - The for Loop - The Odd Loop - The break Statement - The continue Statement - The do-while Loop. The Case Control Structure: Decisions Using switch - switch Versus if-else Ladder - The goto Keyword.

Functions & Pointers: What is a Function - Passing Values between Functions - Scope Rule of Functions - Calling Convention - Function Declaration and Prototypes - Call by Value and Call by Reference - An Introduction to Pointers -Pointer Notation -Back to Function Calls - Recursion - Recursion and Stack.

The C Preprocessor: Features of C Preprocessor - Macro Expansion - File Inclusion - Conditional Compilation - #if and #elif Directives. Arrays: What are Arrays - More on Arrays - Pointers and Arrays - Two Dimensional Arrays - Array of Pointers - Three Dimensional Array.

Structures: Why Use Structures – Array of Structures - Additional Features of Structures Uses of Structures. File Input/Output: File Operations - Closing the File - Counting Characters, Tabs, Spaces - A File-copy Program - File Opening Modes. Miscellaneous Features: Enumerated Data Type - Renaming Data Types with typedef -Typecasting - Bit Fields – Unions