The latest articles on DEV Community by Leone Munyao (@leonemunyao). https://dev.to/leonemunyao https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1126643%2F492b6c65-bb95-49d4-b93f-12d7e020cd8a.jpeg https://dev.to/leonemunyao en Leone Munyao Sun, 05 Nov 2023 08:53:18 +0000 https://dev.to/leonemunyao/introduction-to-c-programmig-h18 https://dev.to/leonemunyao/introduction-to-c-programmig-h18 <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3pzv3hnmlbc0hie96kbm.jpeg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3pzv3hnmlbc0hie96kbm.jpeg" alt="Image description" width="736" height="667"></a>C is a <strong>procedural</strong> programming language, mainly developed as a system programming language to write the <strong>Unix</strong> operating system. Some of the main features of C language include; </p> <ul> <li><p>Fast speed</p></li> <li><p>Clean syntax</p></li> <li><p>Low-level memory access</p></li> <li><p>General Purpose and Portable<br> Most of the recent programming languages have borrowed syntax from the C language. Some of them include PHP, JavaScript and Java.</p></li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic syntax structure</strong></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzteja0ra9g95kn79nb57.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzteja0ra9g95kn79nb57.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="227"></a></p> <ol> <li> <strong>#include stdio.h</strong> is the header file.</li> <li> <strong>int main()</strong> is the declaration of the main function. It is the entry point of a C Progam.</li> <li> <strong>The pair of curly braces</strong> encloses the body of the program.</li> </ol> <p><strong>How to Execute the above program</strong><br> To execute the program we need to first compile it using a compiler and then we can run generated executable. </p> <p><em>Thats basically a simple introduction of C Programmig language.</em></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqs12xzciydf4lmpv5xv7.jpeg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqs12xzciydf4lmpv5xv7.jpeg" alt="Image description" width="626" height="469"></a></p> programming coding