====== Computer Programming ======

This is an introductory course to computer programming for engineers. Knowledge of C programming is commonly accepted as of primary importance for an engineer. This knowledge can easily be translated to any other programming language.

[[eec120_lab|Practical Exercise]]

====== Syllabus ======

  - Introduction to Computer Systems
    - Hardware (CPU, input, output)
    - Software (Kernel, OS, userspace)
    - Numbers & Logic 
  - Introduction to Computer Programming 
    - Algorithms: instruction sequencing
    - Flow-charts: visual representation
    - Interpreters => scripts
    - Compiler and Linkers => binary executables
  - Introduction to C language
    - Basic code structure (syntax)
      - Function and code-block
    - Creating first executable binary
    - Syntax (language) and semantic (decision logic) errors
    - Variables and Operators
  - Flow control: Branches (selection)
  - Flow control: Loops (repetition)
  - Arrays
  - String (character array)
  - Pointers
  - Functions
    - scopes and variable life-time
  - File Access

====== Introduction to C Programming ======

===== Variable and Operators =====

<code c intsize.c>
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
	printf("Size of unsigned int: %d\n",sizeof(unsigned int));
	printf("Size of unsigned long long: %d\n",sizeof(unsigned long long));
	printf("Size of unsigned long: %d\n",sizeof(unsigned long));
	printf("Size of unsigned short: %d\n",sizeof(unsigned short));
	printf("Size of unsigned char: %d\n",sizeof(unsigned char));
	return 0;
}
</code>

<code c varsize.c>
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
	printf("Size of int: %d\n",sizeof(int));
	printf("Size of float: %d\n",sizeof(float));
	printf("Size of double: %d\n",sizeof(double));
	printf("Size of long double: %d\n",sizeof(long double));
	printf("Size of char: %d\n",sizeof(char));
	return 0;
}
</code>