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C Introduction

What is C?
C is a general-purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at
the Bell Laboratories in 1972.

It is a very popular language, despite being old. The main reason for its
popularity is because it is a fundamental language in the field of computer
science.

C is strongly associated with UNIX, as it was developed to write the UNIX


operating system.

Why Learn C?
 It is one of the most popular programming languages in the world
 If you know C, you will have no problem learning other popular
programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, etc, as the
syntax is similar
 C is very fast, compared to other programming languages,
like Java and Python
 C is very versatile; it can be used in both applications and technologies

Syntax
You have already seen the following code a couple of times in the first
chapters. Let's break it down to understand it better:

Example
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
printf("Hello World!");
return 0;
}
Example explained
Line 1: #include <stdio.h> is a header file library that lets us work with
input and output functions, such as printf() (used in line 4). Header files add
functionality to C programs.

Don't worry if you don't understand how #include <stdio.h> works. Just think
of it as something that (almost) always appears in your program.

Line 2: A blank line. C ignores white space. But we use it to make the code
more readable.

Line 3: Another thing that always appear in a C program is main(). This is


called a function. Any code inside its curly brackets {} will be executed.

Line 4: printf() is a function used to output/print text to the screen. In our


example, it will output "Hello World!".

Note that: Every C statement ends with a semicolon ;

Note: The body of int main() could also been written as:
int main(){printf("Hello World!");return 0;}

Remember: The compiler ignores white spaces. However, multiple lines


makes the code more readable.

Line 5: return 0 ends the main() function.

Line 6: Do not forget to add the closing curly bracket } to actually end the
main function.

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