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Tue 7 Oct - Thu 9 Oct 2014
09:30 - 17:00

Venue: Titan Teaching Room 2

Provided by: Student Systems


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Test: David Judge
Prerequisites£

Tue 7 Oct - Thu 9 Oct 2014

Description

This course is for Graduate Life Sciences Students only

A course in basic C programming intended for beginners to programming only. The aim of the course is to get everyone to the stage of being able to write small utility programs in C for carrying out simple calculations and data manipulation.

Target audience

This course is for Graduate Life Sciences Students only

Prerequisites

Whilst a detailed knowledge of Unix is not necessary, attendees should be capable of creating and manipulating text files on a Unix system (as covered on the first day of the Unix Introduction).

Sessions

Number of sessions: 3

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Tue 7 Oct 2014   09:30 - 17:00 09:30 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 2 David Judge
2 Wed 8 Oct 2014   09:30 - 17:00 * 09:30 - 17:00 * Titan Teaching Room 2 David Judge
3 Thu 9 Oct 2014   09:30 - 17:00 * 09:30 - 17:00 * Titan Teaching Room 2 David Judge
* Optional session.
Topics covered
  • constants and variables
  • numerical calculations
  • reading and writing files
  • conditional statements
  • arrays
  • library and user-written functions
Format

Each session will begin with a lecture, followed by a practical session in which attendees will have an opportunity to work on some simple programming exercises for themselves.

System requirements

C: Introduction on PWF Linux

Notes
  • The practical sessions will use the Computing Service PWF Linux system (if necessary temporary accounts will be provided for the duration of the course).
  • Self-taught courses are also available.
Duration

Three half day sessions


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