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Revision as of 15:02, 30 January 2014
Title of script: Tokens in C
Author: Ashwini R. Patil
Keywords: Tokens, Data types, Variables, Identifiers, Constant, Video Tutorial
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Slide 1 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Tokens in C and C++. |
Slide 2
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In this tutorial we will learn how,
To define and use tokens. We will do this with the help of an example. We will also see some common errors and their solutions. |
Slide 3
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To record this tutorial, I am using
Ubuntu Operating system version 11.10. gcc and g++ Compiler version 4.6.1 |
Slide 4 | Let us start with an introduction.
Token is a generic word for Data types, Variables, Constants and Identifiers. |
Let us switch to the file variable.c
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Let us start with the program
I have already typed the code on the editor Let me open it |
Point the cursor on tokens.c | Note that our filename is tokens.c |
In this program we will initialize the variables and print their values. | |
Let me explain the code now | |
#include<stdio.h>
int main() |
This is our header file.
This is our main function. |
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int a = 2; |
Here, int is a keyword
The compiler knows the meaning of keywords. |
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int a |
a is an integer variable |
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int a = 2; |
We have assigned a value of 2 to it.
This is called as initialization. |
If a value is not assigned to a variable then it is called as declaration of the variable. | |
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double const b = 4 |
Here, b is a constant.
We have initialized b, by assigning a value of 4 to it. |
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double const b = 4; |
const keyword is used to create read only variable |
Let us switch back to our slides to know more about keywords and constant | |
Slide 5 | Keywords have fixed meanings that cannot be changed
Keywords cannot be used as variable names There are 32 keywords available in C To name some, auto, break, case, char, enum extern, etc. |
Slide 6 | Constants are fixed values.
They do not change during the execution of a program. There are two types of constants. Numeric constants. and Character constants. |
Now Come back to our program. | |
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float c |
Here, float is a data type of variable c. |
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float c = 1.5; |
We have assigned it a value,of 1.5.
Data type is a finite set of values along with a set of rules. |
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char d = 'A'; |
Here, d is a variable
Char and single quotes suggest that we are dealing with a character As a result, d is a character variable storing the value 'A' |
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It is easy to see that int, double, float and char are datatypes.
a, c and d are variables. Now come back to our slides. We will know more about datatypes and variables. |
Slide 7 | Datatypes Let us begin with integer data type
It is declared as int If we want to print an integer, we will use %d as the format specifier Similarly, we will use float and %f for floating point numbers For character data type, we will use char and %c And for double data type, we will use double and %lf as the format specifier. |
Slide 8 | Now we will see the range of data types
Integer value has a range of this. Floating point has a range of this. Character has a range of this. And Double has a range of this. The values stored in the variable must not be greater or less than this range. Now we will move on to variables. |
Slide 9 | Variable is a data name.
It may be used to store a data value . The values can change when a program runs. Before using a variable it must be declared. We should try to give meaningful names to variables example john, marks, sum etc. |
On the editor | Now we will move back to our program. |
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printf("The Value of a is %d\n", a); |
Here, printf is the identifier name for this function
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On the slides | Come back to our slides.
Let us know about identifiers. |
Slide 10 | Identifiers are user defined names
An identifier consists of letters and digits Both uppercase and lowercase letters are permitted First character must be an alphabet or underscore. |
On the editor | Now come back to our program. |
Here we have initialized the variables and constants.
Here we print them. | |
And this is our return statement.
Now click on Save | |
Ctrl, Alt and T keys simultaneously | Let us execute the program.
Please open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys simultaneously on your keyboard. |
Type
gcc tokens.c -o tok |
To compile type,
gcc space tokens.c space -o space tok press Enter |
Type
./var |
To execute type,
./tok |
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Output |
The output is displayed.
We can see that here we have six values after the decimal point. And here we have two values. |
Now let us find out how this happened.
Come back to our program. | |
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printf("The Value of c is %.2f", c); |
This is because we have %.2f here.
It denotes that we can print only two values after the decimal point. |
Type | Suppose here I want an output with three decimal places. |
Replace
%.2f with %.3f |
Let us replace %.2f with %.3f |
Click on Save | Now click on Save
Come back to the terminal |
On the terminal | Compile as before
execute as before |
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1.500 |
We see here three values after the decimal point. |
NOW WE WILL EXECUTE THE SAME PROGRAM IN C++
Come back to our program. | |
I will change a few things here. | |
First press shift+ctrl and s keys simultaneously on your keyboard. | |
Now save the file with an extension .cpp and click on save. | |
Type
<iostream> |
Let us change the header file as
<iostream> |
Type
using namespace std; |
Now include the using statement
And click on Save. |
Type
cout<< |
Now replace the printf statement with cout statement
Since we use cout<< function to print a line in C++ |
Click on Search for and replace text option
printf( cout << |
Click on Search for and replace text option
Type here printf opening bracket “(” And here in this column type, cout and two opening angle brackets “<<”. |
click on Replace All option and Close. | Now click on Replace All and click on Close. |
%d | We don't need the format specifier and \n
Let us delete them. |
Now delete the comma and
Type two opening angle brackets. | |
Click on Save
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Click on Save
Now delete the closing brackets. Type two opening brackets again. And within the double quotes type \n Now Click on Save |
On the terminal | Let us execute the program.
Come back to the terminal. |
Type
./tok1 |
Type
To compile type: gcc space tokens.c space -o space tok1 Here we have tok1 Because we don't want to overwrite the output parameter tok for the file tokens.c Now press Enter |
To execute
Type ./tok1 press Enter | |
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Output |
The output is displayed. |
Errors
%d
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Now let us move on to the common errors which we can come across.
Come back to our program. Suppose here I will reassign a new value to b as 8. |
Click on save | Now Click on Save.
Let us see what happens. |
On the terminal | Come back to our terminal.
Let me clear the prompt. Now compile as before. |
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We see an error at line no.7 in our tokens.cpp file.
Assignment of read only variable b. Come back to our program This is because b is a constant. Constants are fixed values. They do not change during the execution of program. Hence it is giving an error. |
Click on Save | Let us fix the error.
Delete this. Click on Save Let us execute again Come back to our terminal |
Compile and Execute | Compile as before.
Execute as before. Yes it is working. |
Now we will see another common error.
Switch back to our program. | |
Suppose here I will miss the single quotes.
Click on Save let us execute. | |
On the terminal | Come back to our terminal.
Compile as before. |
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we see an error at line no.9 in our tokens.cpp file.
A was not declared in the scope. Come back to our program. This is because anything within the single quotes is considered as a character value. And here we have declared d as a character variable. |
Let us fix the error.
Type single quotes at line no.9 here. | |
Now click on Save
Come back to our terminal Now Compile as before Execute as before. Yes it is working. Now switch back to our slides. | |
Let us summarize
In this tutorial we learnt, Data types eg. int, double, float etc. Variables eg. int a=2; Identifiers eg. printf() Constatnt eg. double const b=4; | |
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As an assignment
Write a C program to calculate the simple interest. Hint: Simple Interest = principal * rate * time / 100 |
Slide 12
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Watch the video available at the link shown below
http://spoken-tutorial.org /What\_is\_a\_Spoken\_Tutorial It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it. |
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Spoken Tutorial Workshops |
The Spoken Tutorial Project Team
Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials Gives certificates to those who pass an online test For more details, Please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org |
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Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project
It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at the link shown below: http://spoken-tutorial.org\NMEICT-Intro |
Ashwini Patil from IIT Bombay
Thank You for joining |