Structure of C Program

Structure of C Program

Document Section

Links Section (File)

Definition Section

Global variable declaration Section

void main()

{
    Variable declaration section
    Function declaration section
    executable statements;
}

Function definition 1

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Function definition n

Where,

Document Section: It consists of set of comment lines which include name of a program, author name, creation date and other information.

Links Section (File): It is used to link the required system libraries or header files to excute a program.

Definition Section: It is used to define or set values to variables.

Global variable declaration Section: It is used to declare global or public variable.

void main(): Used to start of actual C program. It includes two parts as declaration part and executable part.

Variable declaration section: Used to declare private variable.

Function declaration section: Used to declare functions of program from which we get required output.

Then, executable statements are placed for execution.

Function definition section: Used to define functions which are to be called from main().