About the Book

The basic textbook introduces the student to one of the most popular programming language C. It allows the student to write simple programs in C language to solve the problems. The book introduces simple linear and non-linear Data Structures such as lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, searching and sorting. Every program listing is explained, line by line so that a student can have a thorough understanding of the concepts, as well as the resulting outputs from each program. SALIENT FEATURES IN THIS NEW EDITION • Several changes are made in this edition and much emphasis is laid on simple explanations of Programming Concepts. • Exhaustive explanations are included with suitable pedagogical examples to make the readers to understand the basic concepts. • Preliminary chapters of earlier edition have been further expanded with more material and examples for easy understanding.

Contents

1. Introduction to Computers 2.Introduction to C Programming 3. Functions, Arrays & Strings 4. Pointers 5. Structures & Unions 6. Console File I/O 7. Searching & Sorting 8. Introduction to Data Structures 9. Linked Lists

About the Author

Prof. P. Padmanabham, Ph.D (Computer Science) was formely senior Professor and Chairman, Board of Studies, Computer Science & Engineering and Information Technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. He has 30 years of teaching experience. He is presently Principal, Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangalpally, Hyderabad.