C Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

Topics covered

• contrast malloc(), calloc(), and realloc()
• contrast the declaration and definition of a function
• convert strings to integers using the atoi() library function
• create an array and access it through its pointer
• create and instantiate structs
• create basic pointers
• create pointer fields in structs
• create pointers on struct objects
• create static variables
• define and list the advantages of functions
• demonstrate how to use different utility functions
• dereference pointers and view addresses of variables
• differentiate between pass-by-value and pass-by-reference
• distinguish between dangling memory and memory leaks
• modify variables using pointers
• pass arrays into functions
• pass pointers into functions
• recognize the process and syntax of a function
• redefine variables in different scopes
• return pointers from functions
• return values and accept input arguments in functions
• use malloc() to allocate memory on the heap
• use the free() method to free stack memory that is not allocated
• use the static and extern keywords with functions
• view the address of elements in an array using pointer arithmetic
• work with the NULL type
• work with variable scopes