PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

ENIAC (1940s)
2

 ENIAC was massive

compared to modern
PC standards.
 17,468 vacuum tubes,
 5 million hand-soldered
joints.
 It weighed 27 tons
 Took up 167 m², and
consumed 150 kW of
power.
Pentium 4(2000)
3

 Intel Pentium 4
Processor
 Clock speed:
1.5 GHz
 #Transistors:
42 million
 Technology:
0.18μm CMOS
Google Data Center
4
The Computing Machine
5

PROCESSOR

MEMORY

01234……. 256
MEGABYTES

 The computer is made up of a processor and a memory.

 Memory can be thought of as a series of locations to store
information.
The Computing Machine
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PROCESSOR

MEMORY

01234……. 256
MEGABYTES

program data

• A program is a sequence of instructions assembled for some given task

• Most instructions operate on data
• Some instructions control the flow of the operations
Building Blocks
7

Central Arithmetic
Processing & Logic Unit
Unit
Control Unit

Input Memory ALU Output

System Bus
The CPU
8

 Can fetch an instruction from memory

 Execute the instruction
 Store the result in memory
 Program – A sequence of instructions
 An instruction has the following structure
 Operation, operands, destination
 A simple operation
add a, b Adds the contents of memory locations a and b
and stores the result in location a
Assembly Language
9

 An x86/IA-32 processor can execute the following binary

instruction as expressed in machine language:
Binary: 101 10000 01100001
mov al, 061h

 Move the hexadecimal value 61 (97 decimal) into the

processor register named "al".
 assembly language representation is easier to remember
(mnemonic; e.g. - MVI AL, Val)
High Level Languages
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 Higher level statement

 Many assembly instructions
 For example “X = Y + Z” could require the following
sequence
 Fetch into R1 contents of Y
 Fetch into R2 contents of Z
 Add contents of R1 and R2 and store it in R1
 Move contents of R1 into location named X
Compilers
11

Source code in a Source code in a

Higher Level Language Higher Level Language

Compiler Compiler
Assembly language code

Assembler, linker, loader

Machine understandable
Machine language code
language
Programs = Solutions
12

 A program is a sequence of instructions

 This is from the perspective of the machine or the compiler!

 A program is a (frozen) solution

 From the perspective of a human, a program is a representation of a
solution devised by the human.
 Once frozen (or written and compiled) it can be executed by the
computer
 Much faster
 As many times as you want.
Programming = Problem Solving
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 Software development involves the following

 A study of the problem (requirements analysis)
 A description of the solution (specification)
 Devising the solution (design)
 Writing the program (coding)
 Testing

 The critical part is the solution design. One must work

out the steps of solving the problem, analyze the steps,
and then code them using a programming language.
The C Programming Language
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 C Language
A general-purpose language
 Extremely effective and expressive

 Has compact syntax

 Has a rich a set of operators

 Extensive collections of library functions

 Been in use for four decades

A Tiny C Program
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A comment
/* A first program in C */
Library of standard input output
#include <stdio.h> functions
main( )
Every C program starts
{ execution with this function.
printf(“Hello, World! \n”);
}
Statement & terminator
Body of the function - enclosed in braces
printf - a function from C Standard library stdio.h
16

End of Module 1
PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 2: PROBLEM SOLVING

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

18

 Demo
 Problem: Find the largest of 3 numbers
 How to solve the problem?

 C program

 Demo of IDE for C programming

PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 3: VARIABLES AND ASSIGNMENTS

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

Problem P1.1: Polynomial Multiplication
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 Two polynomials ax  b and cx  d

 Product:
(ac) x 2  (ad  bc) x  bd
Writing a Program for the P1.1
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 Steps
 Declare storage for all coefficients
 Need to read the coefficients a, b, c and d from the user

 Perform arithmetic operations and store the results

 Print the coefficients of the resultant polynomial

Declare Storage
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//This is a program to multiply two polynomials ax+b and cx+d

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a, b, c, d;
int p2, p1, p0;
Read the Inputs
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printf("Enter a:");
scanf("%d",&a);
printf("Enter b:");
scanf("%d",&b);
printf("Enter c:");
scanf("%d",&c);
printf("Enter d:");
scanf("%d",&d);
Calculate Coefficients and Print
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p2 = a*c;
p1 = a*d + b*c;
p0 = b*d;

printf("The product is: %dx^2+%dx+%d\n",p2,p1,p0);

return 0;
}
Close Look at the Program
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//This is a program to multiply two polynomials ax+b and cx+d

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
Allocate storage for a, b, c, d
int a, b, c, d ;
int p2, p1, p0 ; Allocate storage for p2, p1, p0

Datatype: We want the coefficients

to be integers
From a Memory Point of View
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 Initially unused

int a, b, c, d; a
b
c
int p2, p1, p0;
d
p2
p1
p0
Reading Inputs: How it changes memory
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printf("Enter a:");
scanf("%d",&a);
printf("Enter b:"); a 1
scanf("%d",&b); b 2
c 3
printf("Enter c:");
d 4
scanf("%d",&c);
p2
printf("Enter d:"); p1
scanf("%d",&d); p0
Calculations
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p2 = a*c;
p1 = a*d + b*c;
p0 = b*d; a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
ALU p2 3
p1
p0
Calculations
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p2 = a*c;
p1 = a*d + b*c;
p0 = b*d; a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
4 6
ALU p2 3
p1 10
p0
Calculations
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p2 = a*c;
p1 = a*d + b*c;
p0 = b*d; a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
ALU p2 3
p1 10
p0 8
PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 4: VARIABLE DECLARATIONS, OPERATORS AND
PRECEDENCE

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

Variables
 Each memory location is given a name
 The name is the variable that refers to the data stored in that
location
 Eg: rollNo, classSize, p2, a,…
 Variables have types that define the interpretation data.
 e.g. integers (1, 14, 25649), or characters (a, f, G, H)
 All data is represented as binary strings. That is, it is a
sequence of 0’s and 1’s (bits), of a predetermined size –
“word”. A byte is made of 8 bits.
Instructions
 Instructions take data stored in variables as arguments.
 Some instructions do some operation on the data and store
it back in some variable.
 The instruction “XX+1” on integer type says: “Take the
integer stored in X, add 1 to it, and store it back in
(location) X”..
 Other instructions tell the processor to do something. For
example, “jump” to a particular instruction next, or to exit
Programs
 A program is a sequence of instructions.
 Normally the processor works as follows,
 Step A: pick next instruction in the sequence

 Step B: get data for the instruction to operate upon

 Step C: execute instruction on data (or “jump”)

 Step D: store results in designated location (variable)

 Step E: go to Step A
Assignments
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 = is the assignment operator

 The value of a variable is modified due to an assignment
 LHS has the variable to be modified
 RHS is the value to be assigned.
 RHS is evaluated first
 After completing the operation on RHS, assignment is performed.
 a=1
 a=c
 a = MAX_PILLAR_RADIUS
 a = a*b + d/e
Variables and Constants
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Names
- made up of letters, digits and ‘_’
case sensitive: classSize and classsize are different
maximum size: 31 letters
- first character must be a letter
- choose meaningful and self-documenting names
PI a constant
radius a variable
- keywords are reserved:
- if, for, else, float, …
Variable Declaration
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 Need to declare variables

 They allocate storage
 Declaration in general
type <variablename>
 Types: int, float, char, double
 int x;
 contents of the location corresponding to x is treated as an
integer.
 Number of bytes assigned to a variable depends on its type.
Modifying Variables
39

 Each C program is a sequence of modification of variable

values
 A modification can happen due to operations like +, -, /, *,
etc.
 Also due to some functions/operators provided by the
system like sizeof, sin etc.
 Also due to some functions (another part of the program)
created by the programmer.
Operators in C
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Four basic operators

+ , – , *, /
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
applicable to integers and floating point numbers
integer division - fractional part of result truncated
12/ 5 is 2, 5/9 is 0
modulus operator : %
x % y : gives the remainder after x is divided by y
applicable only for integers, not to float/double
Operator Precedence
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first parenthesized subexpessions

- innermost first
second *, / and % (associates left to right)
third + and – (associates left to right)

a+b* c*d%e –f/g

4 1 2 3 6 5

(a + ((( b * c ) * d ) % e ) )– (f / g )
good practice -- use parentheses rather than rely on precedence rules
Precedence – Another Example
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Value = a * (b+c) % 5 + x / (3 + p) – r - j
Evaluation order:
1. (b+c) and (3+p) : due to brackets

2. * and % and / have same precedence: a(b+c) is evaluated

first, then mod 5. Also, x/(3+p).
3. Then, the additions and subtractions are done from the left
to right.
4. Finally, the assignment of the RHS to LHS is done.

5. = is the operator that violates the left to right rule

Increment and Decrement Operators
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 unusual operators
 prefix or postfix
 only to variables
 can only be in the RHS of =
 ++ adds 1 to its operand
–– subtracts 1 from its operand
n++ increments n after its use
++n increments n before its use
 n = 4 ; x = n++; y = ++n;
 After execution, x would be 4 , y would be 6 and n would be 6
44

Additional Slides
Calculations
45

The code sequence

n=4;
x = n++;
y = ++n;
is equivalent to
n = 4;
x = n; //assign to x first and then increment n. x = 4 now
n = n+1; //n is 5 now
n = n+1; //first increment n and then assign to y; n becomes 6 now
y = n; //y is also 6 now
PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 5: I/O AND COMPOUND STATEMENTS

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

Output Statement
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printf(format-string, var1, var2, …, varn);

 Format-string is enclosed in double quotes

 Format string indicates:
 How many variables to expect
 Type of the variables
 How many columns to use for printing them (not very commonly used)
 Any character string to be printed
 Sometimes this would be the only output
 Example : printf(“Hello World!”);
Example
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int x; float y;
x = 20; y = – 16.789;
printf(“Value x=%d and value y=%f\n”, x, y);
%d : print as integer %f: print as real value
There are other specifiers too.
The output:
Value x=20 and value y=–16.789
Some printf Statements We Used
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printf("Enter three numbers A, B and C: ");

 Empty format specification. The text will be printed as it is

printf("The product is %d x^2 + %d x + %d\n",p2,p1,p0);

Output: The product is: 3 x^2 + 10 x + 4
 %d means print as integer
 The three %d specifiers are matched to p2, p1 and p0 in that order
 Notice the spaces in the specifier as well as the output
 \n moves the cursor to the next line
Input Statement
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scanf(format-string, &var1, &var2, …, &varn);

 Format-string is enclosed in double quotes

 Format string indicates:
 How many variables to expect

 Type of the data items to be stored in var1 etc

 The symbol ‘&’ is used to specify the memory address
where the value is to be stored
Example
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scanf("%d%d%d",&A,&B,&C);
 Read three integers from the user
 Store them in memory locations of A, B and C respectively

scanf(“%d%f”,&marks, &averageMarks);
If the user keys in 16 14.75
 16 would be stored in the memory location of marks
 14.75 would be stored in the memory location of aveMarks
 scanf skips over spaces if necessary to get the next input
 Usually, space, comma, \n etc. are not used in the format specifier string of scanf
Other Format Specifiers
52

 Most commonly needed are %d and %f

 Character %c
 Exponent form %e
 Example 1.523e2 = 152.3
 Several modifications to %f and %d are possible for printf
 Theycontrol how much space is taken by the number vs. how
much white space is introduced
Statements
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 Program:
 Declaration and one or more statements
 Assignment statement
 Function calls etc.
 Selection statement
 Repetitive Statements
Simple Statements
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 Any statement that is an expression or a function call

 Examples:
X = 2;
 X = 2 + 8;

 printf(“Hello, World!”);

 Y = sin(X);

 Generally, all simple statements are terminated by ‘;’

Compound Statements
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 A group of declarations and statements collected together

 Usuallyto form a single logical unit
 Surrounded by braces

 Also called a block

Example
56

{
int max;
if(a>b){
max = a;
printf(“a is greater than b”);
}
else{
max = b;
printf(“b is greater than a”);
}
}
Compound Statements
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 Usually come in two varieties

 Conditionals
 If..else..

 switch

 Loops
 for

 while

 do..while
PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 6: CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

Selection Statements
59

 Also called conditional statements

 Three forms
 Single selection
if(attendance < 75) grade = ‘W’;
 Double selection
if(marks < 40) passed = 0; /*false = 0*/
else passed = 1 /*true = 1*/
 Switch
 Will see later
if Statement
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if (<expression>) <stmt1> [ else <stmt2>]

 Semantics optional
 If expression evaluates to “true”
 stmt1 will be executed
 If expression evaluates to “false”
 stmt2 will be exectued
 stmt1 and stmt2 are usually blocks
Else part is optional
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 If there is no else part in the if statement

 If expression is “true”
 stmt1 will be executed
 Otherwise the if statement has no effect
Sequence and Selection Flowcharts

t If Structure
f
Single Entry
Single Exit
f t

Sequence If/Else Structure

Structure
Example 1: No else clause
63

 Given a number, find out if it is a multiple of 3

Modulo operator

if (x %3 == 0)
printf(“x is a multiple of 3”);

== is an operator
to check equality
Example 2: No else clause
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 If the given number is a multiple of 3, ask for another input

if (x %3 == 0) {
printf(“x is a multiple of 3; Please enter another number”);
scanf(“%d”,&x);
} Needs a brace because the if statement has two
simple statements inside
Be Warned
65

 If the given number is a multiple of 3, ask for another input

if (x %3 == 0)
printf(“x is a multiple of 3; Please enter another number”);
scanf(“%d”,&x);

 if block only has printf

 scanf statement is outside the if condition
 Result:
 User will have to enter a number even if x is not a multiple of 3
Simple Thumbrules
66

 Use ‘{’ and ‘}’ to enclose if and else blocks

 Will save you several headaches
 Can become slightly unreadable though
Example 3: Else clause
67

 If the given number is a multiple of 3, ask for another

input. Otherwise, thank the user.
if (x %3 == 0) {
printf(“x is a multiple of 3; Please enter another number”);
scanf(“%d”,&x);
}
else{
printf(“Thank you!\n”);
}
There is no guarantee that the user entered a
correct number here though!
Two Useful Structures Involving if Statements
68

if (expr1) if (expr1){
Cascading if..else …
…
if(expr2){
else if (expr2)
… …
if(
else if (expr…)
.
.
.
.
}
else Nested if..else
… }
Example 4: cascading if
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Below 50: D; 50 to 59: C ; 60 to 75: B; 75 above: A

Simple statements;
int marks; char grade;
… No braces required
if (marks <= 50) grade = ‘D’;
else if (marks <= 59) grade = ‘C’;
else if (marks <=75) grade = ‘B’;
else grade = ‘A’;
…
Example 5: Nested if (Maximum of 3 Numbers)
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if(A>B){
if(A>C){
printf("A is the largest\n");
}
else{
printf("C is the largest\n");
}
}
…
Caution In Use of else
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if ( marks > 40) /* WRONG */

if ( marks > 75 ) printf(“you got distinction”);
else printf(“Sorry you must repeat the course”);
Else gets matched to the nearest if statement without an else

if ( marks > 40) {

/*RIGHT*/
if ( marks > 75 ) printf(“you got distinction”);
}
else printf(“Sorry you must repeat the course”);
Switch Statement
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A multi-way decision statement

Syntax:
switch ( expression ) {
case const-expr : statements
case const-expr : statements
…
[ default: statements ]
}
Example 6
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char c;
scanf(“%c”,&c);
switch (c) { Choices
Breaks from
case ‘R’: printf(“RED”); break; the switch
statement
case ‘B’: printf(“BLUE”); break;
case ‘Y’: printf(“YELLOW”);
}
Example 7:
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char c; This example handles both lower and upper case

user choices
scanf(“%c”,&c);
switch (c) {
case ‘R’: case ‘r’: printf(“RED”); break;
case ‘B’: case ‘b’: printf(“BLUE”); break;
case ‘Y’: case ‘y’: printf(“YELLOW”);
}
Warning : Variables cannot appear as choices
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char c;
char char1 = ‘r’; char char2 = ‘B’;
scanf(“%c”,&c); Warning: Incorrect program segment

switch (c) {
case char1: printf(“RED”); break;
case char2: printf(“BLUE”); break;
case ‘Y’: case ‘y’: printf(“YELLOW”);
}
Warning : Cannot use ranges
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int marks;
Warning: Incorrect program segment
scanf(“%d”,&marks);
switch (marks) {
case 0-49: printf(“D”); break;
case 50-59: printf(“C”); break;
case 60-74: printf(“B”); break;
case 75-100: printf(“A”); break;
}
PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1
MODULE 7: REPETITIVE STATEMENTS

Shankar Balachandran, IIT Madras

Loops
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 A very important type of statement

 Iteratingor repeating a set of operations
 Very useful in algorithms

 C offers three iterative constructs

 The for construct
 The while… construct

 The do … while construct

Loops
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 Two kinds
 Counter controlled
 Repeat a set of operations for some fixed number of times
 Use when the number of repetitions is known

 Sentinel Controlled
 Loop runs until a certain condition is met
 Example: -1 is entered as input
 Use when the number of repetitions is a property of the input
and not of the problem being solved
For loops
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 Ideal for counter controlled repetitions

 Initial
value
 Modification of counter
 ++, -- or some other arithmetic operation
 Final value
 For repetition structure lets the programmer specify all of
these
The for construct
81

 General Form: for (expr1; expr2; expr3)

statement
 Semantics: Usually a block of code.
 Evaluate expr1 – initialization operations
 Repeat
 Evaluate expr2
 If expr2 is true execute statement and expr3
 Else stop and exit the loop
Example 1:
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Compute the sum of first 20 odd numbers

Set k to the first odd number

int i, k, sum;
sum = 0; Termination condition
k =1; Add the ith
i is the loop for(i=1; i <= 20; i++){ odd number to
sum
control sum += k;
variable
k += 2;
Set k to the }
next odd
number
A Small Detour: Relational Operators
83

 == Equal to
 != Not equal to
 < Less than
 <= Less than or equal to
 > Greater than
 >= Greater than or equal to
A Small Detour: Logical Operators
84

 && logical AND operator

 || logical OR operator

 Useful for combining conditions

 Example:
 if ( (age <= 45) && (salary >= 5000) )
 if ( (num %2 == 0) || (num %3 == 0) )
Example 2: Triangular Number
85

Find the nth triangular number (the sum of integers from 1 to n)

Code Segment:
int i, number, sum;
printf(“What triangular number do you want?”);
scanf(“%d”,&number);
sum = 0;
for(i=1; i <= number; i++){
sum += i;
}
printf(“The %dth triangular number is %d\n”,number, sum);
Example 3: User wants five such numbers
86

Can run the program five times. Better, rewrite the program.
Code Segment:
int i, number, sum, counter;
for(counter=1; counter <=5; counter++){
printf(“What triangular number do you want?”);
scanf(“%d”,&number);
sum = 0;
Nested for for(i=1; i <= number; i++){
loop
sum += i;
}
printf(“The %dth triangular number is %d\n”,number, sum);
}
The while construct
87

 General Form: while (expr) <statement>

 Semantics:
 Repeat
 Evaluate expr
 If expr is true execute statement
 Else stop and exit the loop

expr must change inside the loop. Otherwise, you would end up with an infinite loop.
Example 4:
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 Simple program: Print the first 5 integers

Code Segment:
int count=1;
while(count <= 5){
printf(“%d\n”, count);
count++;
}
Example 5: GCD of Two +ve Numbers
89

 Idea: if (m>n) gcd(m,n) = gcd(n, m%n)

 Called the Euclid’s algorithm (around 300 B.C.E)

 GCD(43,13)  GCD(96,28)
 43 % 13 = 4  96 % 28 = 12
 13 % 4 = 1  28 % 12 = 4
4%1=0  12 % 4 = 0
 1 is the GCD  4 is the GCD
Example 5: GCD of Two +ve Numbers
90

 Idea: if (m>n) gcd(m,n) = gcd(n, m%n)

 Called the Euclid’s algorithm (around 300 B.C.E)
 Let u, v be the two +ve numbers that user inputs such that u > v
 Code Segment:
int temp;
/* code to read u and v from user here*/
while(v != 0){
temp = u%v;
u = v;
v = temp;
}
printf(“GCD is %d\n”,u);
Example 6: Find the Reverse of a +ve Number
91

 Reverse of 234 is 432

 Till the number becomes 0
 Extract the last digit of the number
 number modulo 10
 Make it the next digit of the result
 Multiply the current result by 10 and add the current digit
An Example
92

x is the given number

y is the number being computed

y=0 x = 56342
y = 0*10 + 2 = 2 x = 5634
y = 2*10 + 4 = 24 x = 563
y = 24*10 + 3 = 243 x = 56
y = 243*10 + 6 = 2436 x=5 Termnation condition: Stop
when x becomes zero
y = 2436*10 + 5 = 24365 x=0
Program
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#include <stdio.h>
void main( ){
int x = 0; int y = 0;
printf("input an integer :\n");
scanf("%d", &x);
while(x > 0){
y = 10*y + ( x % 10 );
x = (x / 10); Remember integer division
} truncates the quotient
printf("The reversed number is %d \n", y);
}
The do..while construct
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 General Form: do <statement> while (expr)

 Semantics:
 Execute the statement and then evaluate expr
 If expr is true re-execute statement, else exit the loop

for and while loop are different. They check the condition before even the first
execution of the loop body.
Example 7: Input Numbers of a Specific Kind
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Ask the user for a number that is positive and not a multiple of 3
Code Segment:
Logical OR
int x;
do {
printf (“Enter a positive number that is not a multiple of 3:”);
scanf(“%d”,&x);
} while ( (x < 0) || (x%3 == 0));
Repetition Structures
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body

expr t body
expr t

f Do/While
f Structure
init
While Structure

expr t body incr

f For Structure
Two Ways to Change The Loop Behavior
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 break
 continue
 More on these later, when we see other examples
Miscellaneous
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 Dev C++
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp

 ~42 MB in size
 Practice the problems given here
 Write complete programs using the code segments shown here
 Compile and run the programs

 Test the programs with your own inputs

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End of Week 1