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Hellow World Program

Below is a simple "Hello, World!" program written in the C programming language, along with an explanation of each part of the program. 


#include 

int main() {
    // This is a comment, it is ignored by the compiler.
    // It is used to provide human-readable explanations in the code.
    
    // The main function is the entry point of a C program.
    // It's where the program begins executing.

    // The printf function is used to print text to the screen.
    // In this case, it's printing the string "Hello, World!\n".
    printf("Hello, World!\n");

    // The return statement indicates that the program has finished executing.
    // It returns an integer value (0 in this case) to the operating system.
    return 0;
}

Explanation:

  1. '#include ': This line includes the standard input/output library (stdio.h) in the program. This library provides functions like printf and scanf for input and output operations.
  2. 'int main() { ... }': This is the main function, which is the entry point of the C program. All C programs must have a main function. It returns an integer value (int) and takes no arguments in this case.
  3. '// ...': These lines starting with double slashes (//) are comments. Comments are ignored by the compiler and are used for documentation purposes. They help explain the code to human readers.
  4. 'printf("Hello, World!\n");': This line uses the printf function to print the text "Hello, World!" to the standard output (usually the console or terminal). The \n is an escape sequence for a newline character, which moves the cursor to the next line after printing "Hello, World!".
  5. 'return 0;': This line returns an integer value of 0 from the main function to the operating system. In C, a return value of 0 conventionally indicates that the program executed without errors.

When you compile and run this C program, it will display "Hello, World!" on the screen. This is a simple example often used to demonstrate the basic structure of a C program and how to print text to the console.

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