Module MA1264: Introduction to programming in C/C++"

Credit weighting (ECTS)

5 credits

Semester/term taught

Hilary term 2016-17

Contact Hours

11 weeks at 3 hours lecture + 1 hour lab per week Course web page, including lecture notes: www.maths.tcd.ie/~odunlain/1264

Lecturer

Prof. Colm Ó Dúnlaing

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will have;

• Ability to write simple C/C++ programs quickly.
• Familiarity with computer representation of data.
• Ability to simulate simple routines, recursive or otherwise.
• Greater productivity through the C++ Standard template and Armadillo libraries.

Module Content

• Hexadecimal numbers, machine code, assembler code, languages, C and C++.
• Basic data types char, short, int, long, float, double, pointer, arrays.
• Integer arithmetic.
• Variables.
• Assignment statements.
• Arrays and initialisation.
• For-loops and output.
• While-loops.
• Command-line arguments.
• Input through scanf() and fgets() and >>.
• If-statements.
• Functions and subroutines.
• Simulating functions and subroutines.
• 2-dimensional arrays.
• Type conversion, unsigned types, sign extension.
• C string library.
• Pointers, Malloc() and Calloc()
• Structured types in C and C++
• Classes in C++
• C++ Standard Template Library (STL)
• C++ armadillo linear algebra library.
• The 'cut-and-paste principle'.

 

 

Module Prerequisite

 

Assessment Detail

This module will be examined in a 2 hour exam in Trinity term. 20% of the final mark will be based on course work, (10% programming assignments & 10% quizzes) and the other 80% on the exam.