Introduction

• Characteristics of C
• Compilers and Interpreters 
• Lexical conventions
• tokens
• white space

The C LIbrary

• # include files
• keywords
• constants
• other useful tools

• int
• float
• double
• char
• more on floating points
• modifying data types (long, short, signed, unsigned)

Complex Data Types

• union
• struct 
• void

Variable declarations/initializations

• variable definition
• variable declarations
• storage claases and scope of a variable 
• extern
• static
• auto
• register
• variable initialization

• operators by category
• operator precedence and associativity
• order of evaluation

Standards and Programming Style

• modular code design 
• writing a C program 

Input and Output

• EOF 
• streams 
• input functions
• output functions
• format symbols

Control Flow and Program Loops

• the while and do while loops
• the if statement
• the for statement 
• control modifiers
• break
• go to
• continue
• return
• exit
• the semicolon
• the comma
• the switch statement

Data Structures

• arrays
• multi-dimensional arrays
• structures
• unions
• declaring a structure
• initializing a structure
• referencing a struct or union member

Pointers

• declaring a pointer
• referencing a pointer
• pointer differences
• arrays as pointers
• pointers in function arguments

Complex Declarations

• reading
• writing
• typedef

Handling File I/O

• file pointers and descriptors
• closing an open file
• opening files

Memory Management

• low level file I/O
• the malloc family of functions