Escape Sequences in C Programming Language

Let’s have a look at a simple C program: #include main ( ) { printf ("This is easy !!\n"); } You might be wondering about the \n (pronounced backslash n) in the string argument of the function printf ( ): "This is easy!!\n" The \n is an example of an escape sequence: it's used to print the newline character. If You have executed Programs 1.1 or 1.2 you will have noticed that the \n doesn't appear in the output Each \n in the string argument of a printf ()causes the cursor to be placed at the beginning of die next line of output. Think of an...

Read More

A Simple C Program

The best way to learn C or any programming language is to begin writing programs in it; so here's our first C program: # include <stdio.h> main() { printf ("This is easy !!\n"); } There are a few important points to note about this program, points which you will find common to all C programs. Programs in C consist of functions, one of which must be main (). When a C program is executed, main ( ) is where the action starts. Then other functions may be "invoked". Here you can ask a very basic question that what a function is? A function...

Read More