C PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERS LABORATORY

List of Experiments:

1. Write a C program to find the sum of individual digits of a positive integer.

2. Fibonacci sequence is defined as follows: the first and second terms in the sequence are 0 and

1. Subsequent terms are found by adding the preceding two terms in the sequence.

3. Write a C program to generate the first n terms of the sequence.

4. Write a C program to generate all the prime numbers between 1 and n, where n is a value

supplied by the user.

5. Write a C program to find the roots of a quadratic equation.

6. Write a C program to find the factorial of a given integer.

7. Write a C program to find the GCD (greatest common divisor) of two given integers.

8. Write a C program to solve Towers of Hanoi problem.

9. Write a C program, which takes two integer operands and one operator from the user, performs

the operation and then prints the result. (Consider the operators +,-,*, /, % and use Switch

Statement)

10. Write a C program to find both the largest and smallest number in a list of integers.

11. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following:

i) Addition of Two Matrices ii) Multiplication of Two Matrices

12. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations:

i) To insert a sub-string in to a given main string from a given position.

ii) To delete n Characters from a given position in a given string.

13. Write a C program to determine if the given string is a palindrome or not

14. Write a C program that displays the position or index in the string S where the string T begins, or

– 1 if S doesn’t contain T.
15. Write a C program to count the lines, words and characters in a given text.

16. Write a C program to generate Pascal’s triangle.

17. Write a C program to construct a pyramid of numbers

18. Write a C program to read in two numbers, x and n, and then compute the sum of this geometric

progression:

1+x+x2+x3+………….+x^n For example: if n is 3 and x is 5, then the program computes 1+5+25+125.

Print x, n, the sum Perform error checking. For example, the formula does not make sense for negative
exponents – if n is less than 0.

Have your program print an error message if n<0, then go back and read in the next pair of

numbers of without computing the sum. Are any values of x also illegal ? If so, test for them too.

19. 2’s complement of a number is obtained by scanning it from right to left and complementing all

the bits after the first appearance of a 1. Thus 2’s complement of 11100 is 00100. Write a C

program to find the 2’s complement of a binary number.

20. Write a C program to convert a Roman numeral to its decimal equivalent.

21. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations:

i) Reading a complex number

ii) Writing a complex number

iii) Addition of two complex numbers

iv) Multiplication of two complex numbers

(Note: represent complex number using a structure.)

22

i. Write a C program which copies one file to another.

ii. Write a C program to reverse the first n characters in a file.

(Note: The file name and n are specified on the command line.)

23

i. Write a C program to display the contents of a file.

followed by those of the second are put in the third file)

24. Write a C program that implements the following sorting methods to sort a given list of integers in

ascending order i) Bubble sort ii) Selection sort iii)Insertion sort

25. Write C programs that use both recursive and non recursive functions to perform the following

searching operations for a Key value in a given list of integers:

i) Linear search ii) Binary search

List of Experiments:

1. Write a C program to find the sum of individual digits of a positive integer.

2. Fibonacci sequence is defined as follows: the first and second terms in the sequence are 0

and 1. Subsequent terms are found by adding the preceding two terms in the sequence. Write

a C program to generate the first n terms of the sequence.

3. Write a C program to generate all the prime numbers between 1 and n, where n is a value

supplied by the user.

4. Write a C program to find the roots of a quadratic equation.

5. Write a C program to find the factorial of a given integer.

6. Write a C program to find the GCD (greatest common divisor) of two given integers.

7. Write a C program to solve Towers of Hanoi problem.

8. Write a C program, which takes two integer operands and one operator from the user,

performs the operation and then prints the result. (Consider the operators +,-,*, /, % and use

Switch Statement)

9. Write a C program to find both the largest and smallest number in a list of integers.

10. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following:

i) Addition of Two Matrices

ii) Multiplication of Two Matrices

11. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations:

i) To insert a sub-string in to a given main string from a given position.

ii) To delete n Characters from a given position in a given string.

12. Write a C program to determine if the given string is a palindrome or not

13. Write a C program that displays the position or index in the string S where the string T begins,

or – 1 if S doesn’t contain T.
14. Write a C program to count the lines, words and characters in a given text.

15. Write a C program to generate Pascal’s triangle.

16. Write a C program to construct a pyramid of numbers.

17. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations:

i) Reading a complex number

ii) Writing a complex number

iii) Addition of two complex numbers

iv) Multiplication of two complex numbers

(Note: represent complex number using a structure.)

18.

i. Write a C program which copies one file to another.

ii. Write a C program to reverse the first n characters in a file.

(Note: The file name and n are specified on the command line.)

19.

i. Write a C program to display the contents of a file.

ii. Write a C program to merge two files into a third file (i.e., the contents of the first file

followed by those of the second are put in the third file)

20. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations on singly linked

list.:

i) Creation ii) Insertion iii) Deletion iv) Traversal

21. Write C programs that implement stack (its operations) using

i) Arrays ii) Pointers

22. Write C programs that implement Queue (its operations) using

i) Arrays ii) Pointers

23. Write a C program that implements the following sorting methods to sort a given list of
integers in ascending order i) Bubble sort ii) Selection sortiii)Insertion sort

24. Write C programs that use both recursive and non recursive functions to perform the following

searching operations for a Key value in a given list of integers:

i) Linear search ii) Binary search

Practice sessions:

a. Write a simple program that prints the results of all the operators available in C (including pre/

post increment , bitwise and/or/not , etc.). Read required operand values from standard input.

b. Write a simple program that converts one given data type to another using auto conversion and

casting. Take the values from standard input.

Simple numeric problems:

a. Write a program for finding the max and min from the three numbers.

b. Write the program for the simple, compound interest.

c. Write a program that declares Class awarded for a given percentage of marks, where mark

<40%= Failed, 40% to <60% = Second class, 60% to <70%=First class, >= 70% = Distinction.

Read percentage from standard input.

d. Write a program that prints a multiplication table for a given number and the number of rows in

the table. For example, for a number 5 and rows = 3, the output should be:

5x1=5

5 x 2 = 10

5 x 3 = 15

e. Write a program that shows the binary equivalent of a given positive number between 0 to 255.

Expression Evaluation:

a. A building has 10 floors with a floor height of 3 meters each. A ball is dropped from the top of

the building. Find the time taken by the ball to reach each floor. (Use the formula s = ut+(1/2)at^2

where u and a are the initial velocity in m/sec (= 0) and acceleration in m/sec^2 (= 9.8 m/s^2)).

b. Write a C program, which takes two integer operands and one operator from the user, performs

the operation and then prints the result. (Consider the operators +,-,*, /, % and use Switch

Statement)
c. Write a program that finds if a given number is a prime number

d. Write a C program to find the sum of individual digits of a positive integer and test given number

is palindrome.

e. A Fibonacci sequence is defined as follows: the first and second terms in the sequence are 0

and 1. Subsequent terms are found by adding the preceding two terms in the sequence. Write

a C program to generate the first n terms of the sequence.

f. Write a C program to generate all the prime numbers between 1 and n, where n is a value

supplied by the user.

g. Write a C program to find the roots of a Quadratic equation.

h. Write a C program to calculate the following, where x is a fractional value.

i. 1-x/2 +x^2/4-x^3/6

j. Write a C program to read in two numbers, x and n, and then compute the sum of this geometric

progression: 1+x+x^2+x^3+………….+x^n. For example: if n is 3 and x is 5, then the program

computes 1+5+25+125.

Arrays, Pointers and Functions:

a. Write a C program to find the minimum, maximum and average in an array of integers.

b. Write a function to compute mean, variance, Standard Deviation, sorting of n elements in a

single dimension array.

c. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following:

(i) Addition of Two Matrices

(ii) Multiplication of Two Matrices

(iii) Transpose of a matrix with memory dynamically allocated for the new matrix as row and column

counts may not be the same.

d. Write C programs that use both recursive and non-recursive functions

i. To find the factorial of a given integer.

iii. To find x^n

e. Write a program for reading elements using a pointer into an array and display the values using

the array.

f. Write a program for display values reverse order from an array using a pointer.

g. Write a program through a pointer variable to sum of n elements from an array.

Files:

a. Write a C program to display the contents of a file to standard output device.

b. Write a C program which copies one file to another, replacing all lowercase characters with

their uppercase equivalents.

c. Write a C program to count the number of times a character occurs in a text file. The file name

and the character are supplied as command line arguments.

d. Write a C program that does the following:

It should first create a binary file and store 10 integers, where the file name and 10 values are given in
the command line. (hint: convert the strings using atoi function) Now the program asks for an index and
a value from the user and the value at that index should be changed to the new value in the file. (hint:
use fseek function) The program should then read all 10 values and print them back

e. Write a C program to merge two files into a third file (i.e., the contents of the first file followed

by those of the second are put in the third file).

Strings:

a. Write a C program to convert a Roman numeral ranging from I to L to its decimal equivalent.

b. Write a C program that converts a number ranging from 1 to 50 to Roman equivalent

c. Write a C program that uses functions to perform the following operations:

d. To insert a sub-string into a given main string from a given position.

e. To delete n Characters from a given position in a given string.

f. Write a C program to determine if the given string is a palindrome or not (Spelled same in both

directions with or without a meaning like madam, civic, noon, abcba, etc.)
g. Write a C program that displays the position of a character ch in the string S or – 1 if S doesn‘t

contain ch.

h. Write a C program to count the lines, words and characters in a given text.

Miscellaneous:

a. Write a menu driven C program that allows a user to enter n numbers and then choose between

finding the smallest, largest, sum, or average. The menu and all the choices are to be functions.

Use a switch statement to determine what action to take. Display an error message if an invalid

choice is entered.

b. Write a C program to construct a pyramid of numbers as follows:

1 1 1

12 23 22

123 456 333

* *

** **

*** ***

**

Sorting and Searching:

a. Write a C program that uses non recursive function to search for a Key value in a given

b. list of integers using linear search method.

c. Write a C program that uses non recursive function to search for a Key value in a given

d. sorted list of integers using binary search method.

e. Write a C program that implements the Bubble sort method to sort a given list of

f. integers in ascending order.

g. Write a C program that sorts the given array of integers using selection sort in descending order
h. Write a C program that sorts the given array of integers using insertion sort in ascending order

i. Write a C program that sorts a given array of names