Introduction to Programming in C

📘 Your First C Program – Hello, World!

It's time to write your very first C program — the traditional Hello, World! example. This simple program will help you understand the structure and flow of a basic C program.

💡 Program Goal

Print the text Hello, World! to the screen.

🔹 Code Example

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    printf("Hello, World!\n");
    return 0;
}

🧠 Code Breakdown

• #include <stdio.h>: This line tells the compiler to include the Standard Input Output header file which contains the printf function.
• int main(): The starting point of every C program. The program execution starts from here.
• printf("Hello, World!\n");: This prints text to the screen. \n adds a newline.
• return 0;: Indicates that the program ended successfully.

🧪 How to Compile and Run

Using GCC (on terminal):

gcc hello.c -o hello
./hello
  

📝 Notes for Beginners

• Every C statement ends with a semicolon ;
• C is case-sensitive. main is not the same as Main.
• Curly braces { } define blocks of code.

🌐 Try This at UdaanPath

You’ll soon be able to write and test this directly on our platform — UdaanPath.com. Stay tuned!

✅ Coming Next

In the next chapter, we’ll dive deeper into the structure of a C program and understand what happens behind the scenes.