This course aims to introduce students to C programming language from scratch and provide and insight into scientific computing. Over a series of lectures and 5 lab exercises covering 12 hours participants will learn:

The course covers:

• Variables and arithmetic expressions
• Types, operators and Expressions
• Control Flow; statements and code blocks
• Functions
• Program structure
• Input/ Output
• Pointers and array type
• Memory management
• Structures
• Optimisation and Debugging

Some prior Basic knowledge (user level) of Linux would be useful.

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