GE6151 – COMPUTER PROGRAMMING – SYLLABUS (REGULATION 2013) ANNA UNIVERSITY

UNIT I : INTRODUCTION 

(GE6151)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.

UNIT II : 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.

UNIT III : ARRAYS AND STRINGS 

Arrays – Initialization – Declaration – One dimensional and Two dimensional arrays. String- String operations – String Arrays. Simple programs- sorting- searching – matrix operations.

UNIT IV : 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.

UNIT V : 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.