Iterations, Functions and Pointers in ANSI C from Skillsoft

Online, Self-Paced

C is a general purpose language with standards specified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This course covers how to implement iterative programming with loops, and also how to work with built-in and user-defined functions and pointers. In this course, the instructor uses some non-standard Microsoft extensions. In these instances, the instructor uses quotes around the library names rather than the standard symbols.

Learning Objectives

Looping

start the course
use the while statement in C programs
use the do...while loop in C Programs
use nested if-else statements in C programs
use the for loop in C Programs
nest for loops in C Programs
use goto, break and continue in loops, and describe why goto should not be used and why break and continue should be avoided where possible
describe functions including declarations, and describe how functions can be accessed from 3rd party libraries or user-defined

Functions

work with functions with no parameters and no return type in C
work with functions with parameters but no return type in C
work with functions with parameters and return type in C
work with functions with no parameters but with a return type in C
implement recursive functions in C programs
generate user-defined header files to group functions and other common definitions and declarations in C

Common Functions

use the printf() function in C programs
use the scanf() function in C program
contrast and use getchar(), getch, and getche() for character input and display
describe pointers and demonstrate how to use the address-of operator, &, to return the address of a variable
use the dereference operator, *, in a C program
demonstrate how to declare pointers for different data types
use a pointer to point to another
describe and implement arithmetic operations on pointers in C
point to an array
store pointers in an array
point to a string in C
pass an address to a function and return an address from a function in C
describe and use generic pointers in C