Week 2

Learning goals

• define, initialize variables and constants (immutable values)

• choose between primitive types based on the nature of the data, e.g., letters vs number or user interaction vs mathematical calculations

  • char, string, int, unsigned .., double, bool

• explain the significance of the standard library for a programming language

  • differentiate standard libraries for C and Python according to the functionality extent they provide

• explain the components of a function signature

• use scanf and printf to input/output data from/to the console

  • explain format string and format specifier

• outline the typical layout of a C program

• use code comments

• discuss the significance of meaningful variable & function names and how they interplay

• Data input and datatypes