C Programming Essentials Handout

COMP
/ ECPE 177 Computer Networking

C Programming In-Class Exercises
Finish by
Thursday!

Lab instructions tested for Ubuntu 12.04LTS and Eclipse Indigo 3.7.2

Getting Started:

1. Start your Virtual Machine program (VirtualBox, VMWare Player, etc..)
2. Start your Linux Virtual Machine
3. Install Compiler tools, Eclipse C Development Tools, and Valgrind debugger
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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential eclipse-cdt valgrind

Create a New Eclipse Project:

1. Start Eclipse inside your Linux Virtual Machine
2. Accept the default location for the Eclipse workspace all of your projects will be
created inside this workspace directory
a. Check Use this as the default and dont ask again
3. Create an new Project: File->New->C Project
a. Under Name: Call this project first_program
b. Under Executable: Select Empty Project
c. Under Toolchain: Select Linux GCC
d. Select Next to advance to the Select Configurations wizard
e. Select Finish
4. We want to specify some advanced compiler settings. If we were compiling the code
at the command line by invoking GCC (GNU C Compiler), we would want to use these
custom options: -std=c99 -Wall Wextra
o -std=c99: Use the more modern C99 Standard
o Wall Wextra: Turning on all warnings forces you to write better, safer
C code
5. To set these same options in Eclipse GUI, choose: Project Menu-> Properties ->
C/C++ Build (expand the category) -> Settings -> Tool Settings -> GCC C Compiler
o Warnings tab:
Ensure box for -Wall is checked
Ensure box for is -Wextra is checked
o Miscellaneous tab: Type in -std=c99
Append this to what is already in the field! The completed line
should look like this: -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c99
o Select OK

6. Add a new folder called src to put your source code in

a. Right click on your project name (first_program) in the Project Explorer
region of the screen
b. Choose New->Source Folder
c. Enter the folder name: src
d. Click Finish
7. Add a new source code file called first_program.c iinside the src folder
a. Right click on the new src folder that appeared in Project Explorer (inside
your project)
b. Choose New->Source File
c. Enter the file name: first_program.c
d. Click finish
8. Enter the source code shown below into the new file.
9. Save the file Eclipse does not auto-save your work before compiling!
10. Compile the project
a. Right-click on your project name (first_program) in the Project Explorer
b. Choose Build
c. You should see compiler success messages appear in the Console pane at the
bottom
11. Run the project:
a. Right-click on your project name (first_program) in the Project Explorer
b. Choose Run As -> C/C++ Program
c. You should see program output appear in the Console pane at the bottom. You
can type into this pane to give input to your program.
12. Show me the program output.

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char word[256];
printf("Tutorial demo program\n");
for(int i=0; i<15; i++) {
printf("Value of i: %i\n", i);
}
printf("Enter a word: ");
scanf("%s", word);
printf("The word is %s\n", word);
return (0);
}
Debugging:

1. Eclipse has a graphical debugger similar to Visual Studio.
2. Switch to the debugging mode: Window menu->Open Perspective->Debug
3. Perform the following actions in the demo program
a. Add a breakpoint: Select the line, and choose Run menu->Toggle Breakpoint
b. Run to the breakpoint:
i. Choose Run menu->Debug to start your program at beginning
ii. Choose Run menu->Resume to let your program run to breakpoint
c. Step into, step over, using toolbar buttons
d. Switch out of the debugging mode (back to coding!)
i. Choose Run menu->Terminate to stop debugger
ii. Choose Window menu->Open Perspective->C/C++
(There are also toolbar buttons to do this)
4. Show me your program running in the debugger

Command-Line Usage:
Not familiar with the command line? This ECPE 170 may be helpful for the basics:
http://ecs-network.serv.pacific.edu/ecpe-170/labs/lab-linux

1. Open a command prompt
2. Navigate (using cd to first reach your workspace directory, then the project
directory inside, and finally the Debug directory inside that.)
3. Compile your program at the command line using this command:
make
a. This runs the exact same compilation process that Eclipse uses
4. Run your program at the command line:
./your-program-name
5. Use a text editor (GEdit? Emacs? Nano? Eclipse raw text file?) to create a test case
file for your program
a. Filename = test_case_1.txt (Save it in same directory as program)
b. Put a single word in your test case file whatever you want to test your
program with
6. Run your program at the command line, and redirect the file into your program as
standard input (i.e. equivalent to typing at the console)
./your-program-name < test_case_1.txt
7. Show me your program running at the command line using output redirection

Homework #3:

1. Start working on the third homework
2. Not sure where to begin? The demo program provided on the homework description
page (under the resources section) would be a good start. It dynamically allocates a
2D array, initializes it, prints it, and frees it later.

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sudo apt-get update

6. Add a new folder called src to put your source code in

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