Problem Solving through Programming
Module – 1 INTRODUCTION
Generation and Classification of Computers- Basic Organization of a Computer –Number System – Binary – Decimal – Conversion – Problems. Need for logical analysis and thinking
– Algorithm – Pseudo code – Flow Chart
Module – 2 C PROGRAMMING BASICS
Problem formulation – Problem Solving - Introduction to ‘ C’ programming –fundamentals –
structure of a ‘C’ program – compilation and linking processes – Constants, Variables – Data Types – Expressions using operators in ‘C’ – Managing Input and Output operations –
Decision Making and
Branching
–
Looping statements
–
solving
simple scientific and
statistical problems.
Module – 3 ARRAYS AND STRINGS
Arrays – Initialization – Declaration – One dimensional and Two dimensional arrays. String-
String operations – String Arrays. Simple programs- sorting- searching – matrix operations.
Module – 4 FUNCTIONS AND POINTERS
Function – definition of function – Declaration of function – Pass by value – Pass by
reference – Recursion – Pointers - Definition – Initialization – Pointers arithmetic – Pointers and arrays- Example Problems.
Module – 5 STRUCTURES AND UNIONS
Introduction – Need for structure data type – structure definition – Structure declaration –
Structure within a structure - Union - Programs using structures and Unions – Storage
classes, Pre-processor directives.
TEXTBOOKS:
1 Pradip Dey, Manas Ghosh, “Fundamentals of Computing and Programming in C”, First
Edition, Oxford University Press, 2009
2 Ashok N. Kamthane, “Computer programming”, Pearson
Education, 2007.
3 Yashavant P. Kanetkar. “ Let
Us C”, BPB Publications, 2011.
REFERENCES:
1 Kernighan,B.W
and Ritchie,D.M, “The C Programming language”, Second Edition,
Pearson Education, 2006
2 Byron S Gottfried,
“Programming with
C”,
Schaum’s
Outlines,
Second
Edition, Tata
McGraw-Hill, 2006.
3 R.G. Dromey, “How to Solve it
by
Computer”, Pearson Education, Fourth Reprint, 2007