ID120V Basic C-programming 7.5 credits

• Educational level

  First cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

• Subject area

  Techonology
  

• Grade scale

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Course homepage

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

This course will provide students with basic knowledge of the various phases of software development as a basis for future programming courses. This course will provide an overview of the programming language C.
After completing the course the participants should be able

• Analyze simple problems and describe them in terms of structural diagrams and translate them to C programs using sequence, selection and recurrent elements.
• Edit, compile, link, execute and debug simple C program.
• Use C-functions using variables, fields and data structures as parameters and return values.
• Read and write data records to text and binary.
• For higher grades the student must also be
• Implement your own format or by a self-defined data type which is then processed through the input, stripping, sorting, calculating, file management, etc..
• Dynamic memory management of data items
• Put together programs using header files and C files

Course main content

The course consists of software development including problem analysis, structuring, editing the source code, compiling, linking, execution, debugging.
C programming with

• Data types basic types, fields, pointers, structures.
• Operators for arithmetic, assignment, bithantering
• Preprocessor usage for soursecode such as inclusion of standard libraries and headers
• File Management
• Function calls

Disposition

Lectures, exercises, presentations and assignments are alternated on each other.

Eligibility

Completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in Swedish corresponding to Swedish b and English corresponding to English A.

Prerequisites

Good computer skills.

Literature

Vägen till C  av Ulf Bilting och Jan Skansholm ISBN 91-44-01468-6

Required equipment

Preferably a laptop of your own.

Examination

• INL1 - Hand in Theory 1, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• INL2 - Hand in Theory 2, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• LAB1 - Basic Programming, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
• LAB2 - Parameter - Passing, 2.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• LAB3 - Files, 2.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• PROJ - Programming Project, , grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination is carried out gradually in the form of theory questions and exercises and, if approved, leads to a basic grade.
For higher grades a certain amount of increased depth in theory needs to be shown in the form of a small individual project work.

Offered by

ICT/Electronic Systems

Examiner

William Sandqvist <william@kth.se>

Supplementary information

The course is based on the earlier courses ID135V, and  6B4020.
This new, ID120V, course has been expanded.

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 11.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 10.