1. Summary
CSE 2031
Fall 20101
5 May 2019

2. C Basics Data types and type conversion
Precedence and order of evaluation
Control flows
Functions
Passed by value
Passed by reference
I/O: getchar, printf, scanf
File access

3. Precedence and Order of Evaluation3

4. Structures Structures and functions Arrays of structures
Pointers to structures
Passed by value
Passed by reference
Self-referential structures (linked lists)

5. Pointers Function arguments Relationship with arrays
Address arithmetic
Strings (char pointers)
Arrays of pointers; pointers to pointers
char *p1[10] versus char (*p2)[10]
Pointers and 2D-arrays
Dynamic memory allocation
Command-line arguments

6. UNIX Basic UNIX commands Shell scripting (all)
How to study: first learn the basics then …
Step 1: for each example/script, describe in detail what the script does, what will be printed.
Step 2: (a couple of days later) read the problem descriptions, write the scripts (without looking at the lecture notes) and make them run.

7. During the exam … No questions You will be given Table of precedence
ASCII code table
UNIX reference sheets

8. Pointers and Arrays
int a[10], *pa; pa = a; /* same as pa = &a[0]*/ pa++; /*same as pa = &a[1]*/ a[i]  *(a+i) &a[i]  a+i pa[i]  *(pa+i)
Notes a = pa; a++; are illegal. Think of a as a constant, not a var. p[-1], p[-2], etc. are syntactically legal. 8

9. Arrays of Pointers: Example
char *words[] = { “apple”,
“cherry”,
“prune” };
char **p;
p = words;
printf("%c\n", **p);
printf("%c\n",*(*(p+1)+2));
printf("%c\n",*(*(p+2)+2)+1); +1 9