#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(){
   int i, j, n;
   char name[50];
   int len;
   printf("Enter your name: ");
   gets(name);
   printf("Enter no of rows: ");
   scanf("%d", &n);
   len = strlen(name);
   // Print upper part of the gun shape with stars
   for(i=n/2; i<=n; i+=2){
      for(j=1; j<n-i; j+=2){
         printf(" ");
      }
      for(j=1; j<=i; j++){
         printf("*");
      }
      for(j=1; j<=n-i; j++){
         printf(" ");
      }
      for(j=1; j<=i; j++){
         printf("*");
      }
      printf("\n");
   }
   // Prints lower rectangle part with stars
   for(i=n; i>=1; i--){
      for(j=i; j<n; j++){
         printf(" ");
      }
      // Print the name on screen
      if(i == n){
         for(j=1; j<=(n * 2-len)/2; j++){
            printf("*");
         }
         printf("%s", name);
         for(j=1; j<(n*2-len)/2; j++){
            printf("*");
         }
      }else{
         for(j=1; j<=(i*2)-1; j++){
            printf("*");
         }
      }
      printf("\n");
   }
   return 0;
}
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#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
    char name[50];
    printf("Enter name:");
    scanf("%s", name);
    printf("Hello %s \n" , name );
    return 0;
    
}

About C

C language is one of the most popular general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell laboratories for UNIX operating system. The initial release of C Language was in the year 1972. Most of the desktop operating systems are written in C Language.

Key features:

  • Structured Programming
  • Popular system programming language
  • UNIX, MySQL and Oracle are completely written in C.
  • Supports variety of platforms
  • Efficient and also handle low-level activities.
  • As fast as assembly language and hence used as system development language.

Syntax help

Loops

1. If-Else:

When ever you want to perform a set of operations based on a condition if-else is used.

if(conditional-expression) {
   // code
} else {
   // code
}

You can also use if-else for nested Ifs and if-else-if ladder when multiple conditions are to be performed on a single variable.

2. Switch:

Switch is an alternative to if-else-if ladder.

switch(conditional-expression) {    
case value1:    
 // code    
 break;  // optional  
case value2:    
 // code    
 break;  // optional  
...    
    
default:     
 // code to be executed when all the above cases are not matched;    
}

3. For:

For loop is used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition.

for(Initialization; Condition; Increment/decrement){  
  // code  
}

4. While:

While is also used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition. Usually while is preferred when number of iterations are not known in advance.

while(condition) {  
 // code 
}

5. Do-While:

Do-while is also used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition. It is mostly used when you need to execute the statements atleast once.

do {
  // code 
} while (condition);

Arrays

Array is a collection of similar data which is stored in continuous memory addresses. Array values can be fetched using index. Index starts from 0 to size-1.

Syntax

One dimentional Array:

data-type array-name[size];

Two dimensional array:

data-type array-name[size][size];

Functions

Function is a sub-routine which contains set of statements. Usually functions are written when multiple calls are required to same set of statements which increases re-usuability and modularity.

Two types of functions are present in C

  1. Library Functions:

Library functions are the in-built functions which are declared in header files like printf(),scanf(),puts(),gets() etc.,

  1. User defined functions:

User defined functions are the ones which are written by the programmer based on the requirement.

How to declare a Function

return_type function_name(parameters);

How to call a Function

function_name (parameters)

How to define a Function

return_type function_name(parameters) {  
  //code
}