Program to Display "Hello, World!"
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
// printf() displays the string inside quotation
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
OutputHello, World! How "Hello, World!" program works?
- The
#include <stdio.h>
is a preprocessor command. This command tells compiler to include the contents ofstdio.h
(standard input and output) file in the program.
Thestdio.h
file contains functions such asscanf()
andprint()
to take input and display output respectively.
If you useprintf()
function without writing#include <stdio.h>
, the program will not be compiled. - The execution of a C program starts from the
main()
function. - The
printf()
is a library function to send formatted output to the screen. In this program, theprintf()
displays Hello, World! text on the screen. - The
return 0;
statement is the "Exit status" of the program. In simple terms, program ends with this statement.