README.md

Hello, World! - C Program

This repository contains a simple C program that outputs the text "Hello, World!" to the console. This is often the first program beginners write when learning a new programming language, as it introduces basic concepts such as syntax, structure, and the process of compiling and executing code.

Code Explanation

1. #include <stdio.h> This line is a preprocessor directive that tells the compiler to include the Standard Input Output library (stdio.h) in the program. This library contains functions for performing input and output operations, such as printf, which is used to print text to the console.

2. int main() The main function is the entry point of the program. When the program is executed, the code inside the main function is run first. The int before main indicates that the function returns an integer value.

3. { ... } The curly braces { and } define the beginning and end of the main function's body. All the code inside these braces is what gets executed when the program runs.

4. printf("Hello, World!\n"); The printf function is used to output text to the console. In this case, it prints the string "Hello, World!" followed by a newline character \n, which moves the cursor to the next line after printing the text. The semicolon ; at the end of the line indicates the end of this statement.

5. return 0; The return statement is used to exit the main function and return a value to the operating system. Returning 0 typically indicates that the program completed successfully. This is a convention in C programming, where a return value of 0 means the program executed without errors.