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Sep. 26
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Lecture 1: Introduction to C
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- Course administration, set up
- Computers and Programming
- Client, server, Linux
- Linux system commands
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1
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Oct. 1
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Lecture 2: Introduction to C
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- Programming in C
- Our first C program
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Oct. 3
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Lecture 3: Arithmetic in C
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- Program structure
- Input, computation, output
- Basic types, arithmetic operators
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2
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Oct. 8
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Lecture 4: Arithmetic in C
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- Arithmetic approximation
- Type conversion, explicit, implicit
- Arithmetic expressions
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Oct. 10
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Lecture 5: Conditions, counting, and repetition
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- Relational, logical operators
- Conditional expressions, statements
- Counter operators
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3
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Oct. 15
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Lecture 6: Conditions, counting, and repetition
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- While-loop
- Review, Quiz: Introduction to C
- Basic types, operators
- Expressions, statements
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Oct. 17
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Midterm Examination
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- Midterm 1: Basic C programming
- Basic types, operators
- Expressions, statements
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4
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Oct. 22
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Lecture 7: Structured programming
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- Formatting specifiers
- Programming principles
- If-Else statement
- Switch statement
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Oct. 24
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Lecture 8: Structured programming
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- Repetition statements
- While, Do-While, For loops
- Jump statements
- Program development and debugging
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5
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Oct. 29
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Lecture 9: Structured programming
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- Function concepts and terms
- Hierarchy of functions
- Function call graph, trace
- Stack, stack frames, debugging
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Oct. 31
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Lecture 10: Functions
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- Scopes, scope rules
- Local variables, debugging
- Math library functions
- Standard library functions
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6
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Nov. 5
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Lecture 11: Data structures
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- Data structure introduction
- Arrays, array operators
- Multi-dimensional arrays
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Nov. 7
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Lecture 12: Data structures
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- Pass by value, pass by reference
- Character arrays: Strings
- Sorting algorithm BubbleSort
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7
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Nov. 12
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Lecture 13: Review
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- Review, Quiz: Structured programming
- Functions
- Data structures
- Debugging
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Nov. 14
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Midterm Examination
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- Midterm 2: Structured programming
- Functions
- Data structures
- Debugging
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8
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Nov. 19
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Lecture 14: Recursion, data structures
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- Concept of recursion
- Recursion vs. iteration
- Structures, unions, enumerators
- Type definitions
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Nov. 21
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Lecture 15: Data structures, pointers
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- Data in memory, bits, bytes
- Number formats, bin/oct/dec/hex
- Data objects in memory
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9
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Nov. 26
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Lecture 16: Data structures, pointers
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- Introduction to pointers
- Pointer operations
- String manipulation
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Nov. 28
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Holiday: Thanksgiving
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10
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Dec. 3
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Lecture 17: File processing, translation units
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- Standard I/O streams, file I/O streams
- Compiler components
- Multiple translation units
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Dec. 5
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Lecture 18: Review
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- Review, Quiz: Recursion, iteration
- Data structures, pointers
- File processing, translation units
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Final
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