cFor a much more interesting program, load the program named wrtsome.c and display it on your monitor. It is the same as the previous program except that it has one executable statement between the braces.
main( )
{
printf("This is a line of text to output.");
}
The executable statement is another function. Once again, we will not worry about what a function is, but only how to use this one. In order to output text to the monitor, it is put within the function parentheses and bounded by quotation marks. The end result is that whatever is included between the quotation marks will be displayed on the monitor when the program is run.
Notice the semi-colon ; at the end of the line. C uses a semi-colon as a statement terminator, so the semi-colon is required as a signal to the compiler that this line is complete. This program is also executable, so you can compile and run it to see if it does what you think it should. With some compilers, you may get an error message while compiling, indicating the printf() should have been declared as an integer. Ignore this for the moment.
main( )
{
printf("This is a line of text to output.");
}
The executable statement is another function. Once again, we will not worry about what a function is, but only how to use this one. In order to output text to the monitor, it is put within the function parentheses and bounded by quotation marks. The end result is that whatever is included between the quotation marks will be displayed on the monitor when the program is run.
Notice the semi-colon ; at the end of the line. C uses a semi-colon as a statement terminator, so the semi-colon is required as a signal to the compiler that this line is complete. This program is also executable, so you can compile and run it to see if it does what you think it should. With some compilers, you may get an error message while compiling, indicating the printf() should have been declared as an integer. Ignore this for the moment.
