Course Description

Structured C Coding Workshop

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Benefits

The student learns the basic structure and syntax of the C language as well as the most common verbs, and the high use library functions.

Audience

New programmers learning C as their first programming language; experienced programmers learning C as a new language, or reviewing C after having been away from it.

Prerequisites

The student should have some basic understanding of computer and programming concepts. Also, he or she should know how to use the text editor used in your installation. Knowledge of JCL is not required.

Related IBM Materials

In addition to the student handouts, the student should have access to the following IBM manual:

C/C++ Language Reference for the compiler in use.

• Elements of C
• Data descriptions
• Sequential files
• Major C verbs
• Basic Library Functions
• Stream and record I/O
• Pointers
• Structs, Unions, and Enumerated data
• Common logic requirements
• Arrays
• Elementary debugging
• Using the preprocessor
• Program modularization, subroutines, and functions

Exercises

There are 13 hands-on exercises.

Note:

This course is oriented towards C programming on an IBM mainframe (z/OS) computer.