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00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Storage class specifiers. |
00:07 | In this tutorial, We will learn about:
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00:47 | I will start with an introduction to storage class specifiers. |
00:52 | Specifiers tell the compiler- * where to store a variable |
00:57 | * How to store the variable |
00:59 | * What is the initial value of the variable |
01:03 | * Life time of the variable. |
01:06 | The Syntax is: storage_specifier data_type variable _name. |
01:13 | Types of storage class specifiers are:
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01:21 | Let us start with auto keyword. |
01:24 | auto keyword declares an automatic variable. |
01:28 | It has a local scope. |
01:30 | Keywords are not initialized automatically. |
01:34 | You should explicitly initialize keywords while declaring. |
01:39 | Storage-space of keywords is CPU memory. |
01:43 | Let us see an example. I have a code file; let us go through it. |
01:49 | Note that our filename is auto.c. |
01:54 | We have declared a function as “increment()”. |
01:58 | This is the main() function. |
02:00 | In the main() function, increment() function is called 4 times. |
02:06 | Then we have the return 0 statement. |
02:10 | Let us see the function definition. |
02:14 | Here, we have declared variable i as auto int. It has a local scope. |
02:21 | Then we display value of i using printf. |
02:26 | Value of i is incremented here. |
02:30 | Let us open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T keys simultaneously on your keyboard. |
02:38 | Type: gcc space auto.c space hyphen o space auto. Press Enter. |
02:48 | Type: dot slash auto |
02:51 | The output is zero. |
02:54 | Now come back to our program. |
02:57 | Let us initialize the auto variable i above the main() function. |
03:02 | I will cut this declaration and initialization from here and paste it over here.Click on Save. |
03:14 | Let us execute on the terminal. Press the up-arrow key twice. Press Enter. |
03:22 | We get an error: "file-scope declaration of i specifies auto". |
03:29 | This is because an auto variable is local to the function. |
03:34 | We cannot initialize it globally. |
03:37 | Let us fix the error. Come back to our program. |
03:42 | Delete this; paste it over here. |
03:47 | Click on Save and execute on the terminal. |
03:52 | Press the up-arrow key. Recall the previous command. |
03:57 | Press Enter. Type: dot slash auto. Press Enter. |
04:03 | Yes, it is working! The output is zero. |
04:07 | This is because we have initialized the value of i as zero. |
04:13 | Now, let us see static variable. |
04:16 | Although we have studied about static variable, in the previous tutorials, I will explain it here briefly. |
04:24 | 'static' variables are initialized to zero. |
04:28 | They are not destroyed even after program control exits from the block. |
04:35 | Value of the variable persists between different function calls. |
04:41 | Storage-space is CPU memory. |
04:45 | Let us see an example. I will edit the same code file. |
04:51 | Come back to our program. |
04:54 | Press Ctrl + Shift + S keys simultaneously. |
05:01 | Now, I will just change the filename as static. Click on Save. |
05:10 | Now, I will change the initialization of the variable i to static int i equal to zero
Click on Save. |
05:23 | Let us see what happens. Execute the file on the terminal. |
05:30 | Type: gcc space static.c space hyphen o space stat. Press Enter. |
05:41 | Type: dot slash stat. Press Enter. |
05:46 | The output is displayed as: 0, 1, 2, 3 |
05:51 | This is because static variables are global variables. |
05:56 | The scope of static variable is local to the function, they are defined in. |
06:03 | They do not lose their value between function calls. |
06:08 | Now, let us learn about extern keyword. |
06:12 | Scope of extern variable is throughout the main program. |
06:17 | Definition for extern variable might be anywhere in the C program. |
06:23 | extern variables are initialized to zero, by default. |
06:28 | They can be accessed by all functions in the program. |
06:33 | These are stored in CPU memory. |
06:36 | Let us see an example. |
06:38 | I have a code file; let us go through it. |
06:42 | Note that our filename is "extern.c". |
06:47 | I have initialized a variable as integer variable x to 10. |
06:54 | This is the main() function. In the main() function, I have declared an extern integer variable y. |
07:03 | Using the printf statements, we will display the values of x and y.
This is the return statement. |
07:12 | We will initialize y to 50 after the main() function close. |
07:18 | Now, switch to the terminal and let us see what will be the output. |
07:24 | Type: gcc space extern.c space hyphen o space ext. Press Enter. |
07:35 | Type: dot slash ext. Press Enter. |
07:40 | The output is displayed as:
"The value of x is 10" "The value of y is 50" |
07:48 | As we studied, the value of the extern keyword is through out the main program. |
07:55 | We can define it anywhere in the program. |
07:59 | Both the statements are justified. |
08:02 | Now, let us move on to register keyword. |
08:06 | register variables will be accessed faster than normal variables. |
08:13 | They are stored in register memory rather than main memory. |
08:19 | Limited number of variables can be used since register size is very low. |
08:25 | 16 bits, 32 bits or 64 bits. |
08:30 | Let us see an example now. I have a code file. Let us go through it. |
08:37 | Note that the filename is register.c |
08:42 | Here, we have declared register integer variable. |
08:47 | This variable will be directly stored in the register memory. |
08:53 | This is the 'for' loop that displays the value of i from 1 to 5. |
08:59 | This will display the value of i. |
09:03 | Let us execute the program and see. |
09:07 | On the terminal, type: gcc space register.c space hyphen o space register |
09:17 | Press Enter. Type: dot slash register. Press Enter. |
09:25 | You can see, the output is displayed as: Values stored in register memory 1 2 3 4 5. |
09:34 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. |
09:39 | In this tutorial, we learnt-
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09:52 | As an assignment, write a program to print the sum of first 5 numbers. |
09:59 | Declare both the keywords auto and static in the program. |
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