Learn C programming fundamentals like data types, control flow, functions, pointers, and memory allocation while exploring debugging, profiling, and optimization tools like GDB and gcc.

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RunC

RunCwithGNUflags

RunCwithlmflag

Run_go_file 

RunC-without_warning_flag

Compile-only

doNothing

Posix

RunCFileGo

Compile-go-file

Compile-go-debugging-file

OpenMP

Make

MPI4Threads

MPI8Threads

Octave

RunC-without_warning_flag-KS

This comprehensive course covers the fundamentals and advanced concepts of C programming to build a solid foundation for your programming journey. You’ll learn about essential topics like data types, variables, constants, and C statements, along with deeper explorations of control flow in C, including for loops and conditional statements in C. You’ll also learn about C functions, scope of variables, function arguments, and work with arrays, strings, and pointers in C.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with dynamic memory allocation, stack vs. heap, C standard library, and advanced topics such as binary files, input and output streams, and header files. The course also teaches compiling in C, linking in C, and debugging with tools like GNU debugger (GDB) and gprof for code profiling. By mastering these concepts, you’ll confidently program in C and optimize your code using gcc optimization flags.

Learn C

The `print` command in GDB prints out the value of a variable that's defined in the current stack.

We'll continue to use the "go.c" file from the previous lesson, as a reference for this lesson. We'll try to print the `s` variable (which is supposed to be a character buffer). 
Let’s first however define a breakpoint. 

# Inserting a breakpoint

A **breakpoint** is a flag that will stop the program at a specific line of code. Let’s insert a breakpoint on **line 9** of our code. This means the program will stop before executing that line of code and leave us in the GDB debugger. We use the GDB command `break` to insert a breakpoint, and then the `run` command to run the program:

Learn about breakpoints and how they are useful for debugging by executing a code line by line. 

Breakpoint

Learn about breakpoints and how they are useful for debugging by executing a code line by line.

Introduction to C Programming

Data Types in C

C Operators and C Expressions

Control Flow in C

Functions in C

Complex Data Types

Stack vs. Heap

Pointers in C

C string

Input and Output Stream

Macros and the C Preprocessor

Header Files, Compiling and Linking

C Debugger

Code Profiling

Parallel Programming in C

Project: Using a Bootstrapped t-test

Conclusion

Miscellaneous

Appendix: Setting Up the Environment

Breakpoint

Inserting a breakpoint