Dartmouth College

C Programming: Getting Started - 1

This course is part of C Programming with Linux Specialization

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Rémi SHARROCK
Petra Bonfert-Taylor

Instructors: Rémi SHARROCK

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11 hours (approximately)
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What you'll learn

  • Define, distinguish and give examples of hardware/software, computer programs/algorithms

  • Explain the concept of a variable and declare, initialize and modify variables of data types int, double and char

  • Create and comment simple C-programs that may print text, special characters and variables to the screen with controlled formatting

  • Create simple C-programs that utilize for-loops to repeat blocks of instructions

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Flexible schedule
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There are 5 modules in this course

This week you will write your first line of code and become familiar with our learning tools (without installing anything!).

What's included

6 videos10 readings2 quizzes4 app items3 discussion prompts

This week you will to print text to the screen, utilize for-loops, explain their code by adding comments in various ways, and recognize the different sections of a simple C-program and their purposes (e.g. variable declaration, main function).

What's included

1 quiz10 app items

This week, you will explore the concept of variables and use integer-type variables (of format specifier %d) through declarations, assignments, and reassignments. You will also utilize these integer-type variables in for-loops and with user input.

What's included

1 quiz6 app items

This week you will utilize variables of type integer, double, and character through declarations, assignments, reassignments, printing, converting between types, casting, etc.. You will also create C-programs that perform tasks involving user input, integer and floating point arithmetic operations, and output to the screen.

What's included

1 quiz8 app items

What's included

1 video2 readings

Instructors

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4.8 (64 ratings)
Rémi SHARROCK
Institut Mines-Télécom
7 Courses19,541 learners
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Dartmouth College
7 Courses19,541 learners

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