diff --git a/guide/english/c/hello-world/index.md b/guide/english/c/hello-world/index.md index 34851c1384..20e0439d09 100644 --- a/guide/english/c/hello-world/index.md +++ b/guide/english/c/hello-world/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Hello World C ## Hello World -Probably the first line of text that everyone prints out on the console when one begins his/her remarkable jouney of this endless programming world. +Probably the first line of text that everyone prints out on the console when one begins his/her remarkable journey of this endless programming world. To write on console you can use the function `printf()` contained in the library `include ` ```C @@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ To write on console you can use the function `printf()` contained in the library { //lines starting with this are called comments, so use them to write notes to the reader about your code! - //this code prints "hello, world" - printf("hello, world\n"); //<-- the \n character prints a newline after the string + //this code prints "Hello World!" + printf("Hello World!\n"); //<-- the \n character prints a newline after the string return 0; } ``` ## Explanation - * The #include is a preprocessor command. This command tells compiler to include the contents of stdio.h (standard input and output) file in the program. - * The stdio.h file contains functions such as scanf() and printf() to take input and display output respectively. - * If you use printf() function without writing #include , 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, the printf() displays `Hello, World!` text on the screen. - * The \n in printf creates a new line for the forthcoming text. - * The return 0; statement is the "Exit status" of the program. In simple terms, program ends with this statement + * The `#include ` is a preprocessor command. This command tells compiler to include the contents of `stdio.h` (standard input and output) file in the program. + * The `stdio.h` file contains functions such as `scanf()` and `printf()` to take input and display output respectively. + * If you use `printf()` function without writing `#include `, 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, the `printf()` displays `Hello World!` text on the screen. + * The `\n` in `printf` creates a new line for the forthcoming text. + * The `return 0;` statement is the "Exit status" of the program. In simple terms, program ends with this statement ## Output: ```