RAGHU ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Permanently Affiliated to JNTU-GV,
Vizianagaram, Accredited by NBA & Accredited by NAAC with A+ grade)
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
AR23- B.Tech (Common to CIV, EEE, ME and ECE)
I-B.Tech., II-Semester
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Course Code : Internal Exams :
External Exams :
Course Objectives:
• To impart adequate knowledge on the need of programming languages and problem-
solving techniques and develop programming skills.
• To enable effective usage of Control Structures and Implement different operations on
arrays.
• To demonstrate the use of Strings and Functions.
• To impart the knowledge of pointers and understand the principles of dynamic memory
allocation.
• To understand structures and unions and illustrate the file concepts and its operations.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the Course, Student should be able to:
CO1 Demonstrate the Fundamental concepts of Computers and basics of Apply
computer programming and problem-solving approach
CO2 Solve the problems using selection, branching and looping statements Apply
CO3 Use of Arrays and Pointers in solving complex problems Apply
CO4 Develop Modular program aspects and Strings fundamentals Create
CO5 Develop the ideas of User Defined Data types, files Create
UNIT I: Introduction to Problem Solving and C Programming (10 hours)
Programs and Algorithms, Computer Problem Solving Requirements, Phases of Problem
Solving, Problem Solving Strategies, Top-Down Approach, Algorithm Designing, Primitive
Data Types, Variables, and Constants, Structure of C program, Basic Input and Output,
Operators, Expression Evaluation, Type Conversion.
UNIT II: Control Statements (12 hours)
Control Flow, Decision making statements, Looping/Iterative statements and Branching
statements.
UNIT III: Arrays, Pointers (8 hours)
Introduction, Operations on Arrays, Two Dimensional Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays.
Pointers: Concept of a Pointer, Declaring and Initializing Pointer Variables, Pointer Expressions
and Address Arithmetic, Null Pointers, Generic Pointers, Pointers and Arrays, Pointer to
Pointer, Dangling Pointer, Command Line Arguments.
UNIT IV: Strings, Functions, Recursion (9 hours)
Strings: String Fundamentals, String Processing with and without Library Functions, Pointers
and Strings. Introduction to Function: Declaration, Function Definition, Function Call,
Categories of Functions, Passing Parameters to Functions as call by value, call by reference,
RAGHU ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Permanently Affiliated to JNTU-GV,
Vizianagaram, Accredited by NBA & Accredited by NAAC with A+ grade)
Arrays as Function Arguments, Pointers as Function Arguments, Scope of Variables, Variable
Storage Classes. Recursion.
UNIT V: DMA, User Defined Data types, File Handling (9 hours)
Dynamic Memory Allocation, Structures, Unions: Dynamic Memory Allocation, Introduction
to Structures, Nested Structures, Arrays of Structures, Structures and Functions, Self-
Referential Structures, Unions, Enumerated Data Type - Enum variables, Using Typedef
keyword. Data Files: Introduction to Files, Using Files in C, Reading from Text Files, Writing
to Text Files, Random File Access.
Text Books:
1. Programming for Problem Solving, Behrouz A. Forouzan, Richard F.Gilberg, Cengage.
2. How to solve it by Computer, R. G. Dromey, and Pearson Education.
3. Programming In C A-Practica1 Approach. Ajay Mittal, Pearson
Reference Books:
1. Byron Gottfried, Schaum's Outline of Programming with C, McGraw-Hill.
2. Computer Programming. Reema Thareja, Oxford University Press
3. The C Programming Language, Dennis Richie And Brian Kernighan, Pearson Education.
4. Programming In C, Ashok Kamthane, Second Edition, Pearson Publication.
5. Let us C ,YaswanthKanetkar, 16th Edition,BPB Publication.
6. Computing fundamentals and C Programming, Balagurusamy, E., McGraw-Hill
Education, 2008
Web References:
1. http://www.c4learn.com/
2. http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c/
3. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122104019/
4. http://www.learn-c.org/
5. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/
CO PO Mapping:
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 3 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1
CO2 3 2 - - 1 1 1 - - - - 1
CO3 3 2 - - 1 1 1 - - - - 1
CO4 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 - - - - 1
CO5 2 2 2 3 - 1 1 - - - - 1
