#include <stdio.h>

void removeComments(FILE* inputFile, FILE* outputFile) {
    int currentChar, nextChar;
    
    while ((currentChar = fgetc(inputFile)) != EOF) {
        if (currentChar == '/') {
            nextChar = fgetc(inputFile);
            
            if (nextChar == '/') {
                // Single-line comment, skip characters until a new line is encountered
                while ((currentChar = fgetc(inputFile)) != '\n') {}
            } else if (nextChar == '*') {
                // Multi-line comment, skip characters until '*/' is encountered
                currentChar = fgetc(inputFile);
                nextChar = fgetc(inputFile);
                
                while (currentChar != '*' || nextChar != '/') {
                    currentChar = nextChar;
                    nextChar = fgetc(inputFile);
                }
                
                currentChar = fgetc(inputFile); // Read the character after '*/'
            } else {
                // Not a comment, write both characters to the output file
                fputc(currentChar, outputFile);
                fputc(nextChar, outputFile);
            }
        } else {
            // Not a comment, write the character to the output file
            fputc(currentChar, outputFile);
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    FILE* inputFile = fopen("input.txt", "r");
    FILE* outputFile = fopen("output.txt", "w");
    
    if (inputFile == NULL || outputFile == NULL) {
        printf("Failed to open files.");
        return 1;
    }
    
    removeComments(inputFile, outputFile);
    
    printf("Comments removed successfully.\n");
    
    fclose(inputFile);
    fclose(outputFile);
    
    return 0;
}
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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
}