Assignments

This page contains programming exercises, projects, video lectures, example code, notes, and reading for the topics in this course.

Now that classes have moved to remote instruction, the dates of new items posted here refer to the date that the item was posted, rather than the date that things are due.

Here is a link to the instructions for the final project.

Monday, April 20

• Here are 2 videos that address topics that are most directly applicable to card games, but would be useful for other programs where you need to randomize the elements of an array, or store arrays of structures.
  • Shuffling
  • Card Structures

Friday, April 10

• Watch this video:
  • Files
• See the file from the video:
  • files.c
• Read Chapter 15, section “Special Functions for Working with Files”
• Complete the File Integer Sum activity by Monday, April 13

Wednesday, April 8

• Watch this video:
  • Resizing Arrays
• See the files from the video:
  • realloc.c
  • resizing_arrays.pdf
• Complete the Resizing Arrays activity by Friday, April 10

Monday, April 6

• Watch this video:
  • Dynamic Memory Allocation (sorry about the poor audio quality near the end)
• See the file from the video:
  • dynamic_memory.c
• Read Chapter 16, section “Dynamic Memory Allocation”. Note that the book explicitly casts the return value of malloc() and calloc() to the appropriate pointer type, while my code does not. Older versions of C required explicit casting, but newer versions do not.
• Complete the Heap Allocate activity by Wednesday, April 8

Monday, March 23

• Continue working on the Roll Dice activity if you did not finish it in class.

Friday, March 6

• Finish the Character Count activity if you did not do so in class.
• Watch this video:
  • Random Numbers
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• random_numbers.pdf
• random_numbers.c

Wednesday, March 4

• Finish the Pointers to Structs activity if you did not do so in class.
• Reach Chapter 10 section “Pointers and Arrays” and Chapter 16, section “Command-line Arguments”. There is an example in this section that deals with files in a way that we have not talked about yet, do not worry about that for now.
• Watch these videos:
  • Pointers and Arrays
  • Command Line Arguments
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• pointers_and_arrays.c
• pointers_and_arrays.pdf
• command_line_arguments.c
• command_line_arguments.pdf

Monday, March 2

• Complete the Pointer Parameters exercise if you did not already do so in class.
• Read Chapter 10 section “Working with Pointers and Structures”, stopping when you get to the “Linked List” subsection
• Watch this video:
  • Pointers and Structures
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• pointers_and_structures.c

Friday, February 28

• Complete the Letter Frequency exercise if you did not do so in class.
• Read Chapter 10, only the following sections: “Pointers and Indirection”, “Defining a Pointer Variable”, “Using Pointers in Expressions”, “Pointers and Functions”
• Watch this video:
  • Pointers
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• addresses.pdf
• pointer_intro.c
• pointer_parameters.c

Wednesday, February 26

• Complete the Reverse String exercise if you did not do so in class.
• Read Chapter 15, skim or skip the section on printf() and scanf(), and stop when you get to “Input and Output Operations on Files”
• Watch this video:
  • Standard Input
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• stdin.c

Monday, February 24

• Complete the Best Pizza Value exercise if you did not do so in class.
• Read Chapter 9, you can stop when you get to Program 9.7, Counting Words
• Watch these videos
  • Characters
  • Strings
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• char.c
• strings.c

Friday, February 21

• Complete the structures exercise if you did not do so in class.
• Read Chapter 8, only section “Arrays of Structures”
• Watch this video
  • Arrays of Structures
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• arrays_of_structures.c

Wednesday, February 19

• Read Chapter 8 up to and including section “Initializing Structures” from the book
• Watch this video
  • Structures
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• structures.c

Wednesday, February 12

Prepare for the exam on Friday. See the study materials to help you focus your efforts.

Monday, February 10

• Complete the fibonacci exercise if you did not do so in class.
• Watch this video
  • Code Style
• Take this quiz
• Look over the study materials, since we have an exam coming up this coming Friday, February 14

Friday, February 7

• Complete the stats module exercise if you did not do so in class
• From the book read Chapter 12 until you reach them “Program Portability” subsection, then jump to section “The #include statement”. There are a couple brief mentions of strings and pointers which you can ignore for now.
• Watch this video
  • Preprocessor and Include Guards
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• preprocessor.zip

Wednesday, February 5

• Complete the array functions activity if you did not do so in class
• Read Chapter 14, only section “Dividing Your Program into Multiple Files” and the subsection “The make Utility” from the book
• Watch this video
  • Modules and Makefiles
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• test_triangle.c
• triangle.c
• triangle.h
• Makefile

Monday, February 3

• Complete the paycheck function activity if you did not do so in class
• Read section “Functions and Arrays” from Chapter 7 in the book
• Watch this video
  • Arrays and Functions
• Take this quiz

Files from the video:

• arrays_and_functions.c

Friday, January 31

• Complete the array exercises if you did not do so in class
• Read chapter 7 in the book. You may stop when you reach the “Functions and Arrays” section.
• Watch this video
  • Functions in C
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• functions.c

Wednesday, January 29

• Complete the nested loops activities if you did not do so in class. Instructions for this one are in the email from git-keeper and the C files themselves.
• Read chapter 6 in the book. You may stop when you reach the “Character Arrays” section.
• Watch these videos
  • Arrays in C
  • Array Bounds
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• arrays.c
• 2020-01-27_Array_Bounds.pdf

Monday, January 27

• Complete the Loops Exercises if you did not finish them in class
• Read chapter 5 in the book.
• Watch these videos
  • Nested Loops
  • Conditionals
• Take this quiz
• If you have not done so already, take this quiz which I forgot to link to last time. It is a very short one.

Files from the videos:

• nested_loops.c
• conditionals.c

Friday, January 24

• Complete the Calculations exercises if you did not finish them in class
• Read chapter 4 in the book
• Watch these videos
  • While Loops
  • For Loops

Files from the videos:

• while_loop.c
• for_loop.c

Wednesday, January 22

• Complete the Fix Programs exercise if you did not finish it in class
• Read chapter 3 in the book
• Watch these videos
  • Number Representation
  • Data Types in Code
• Take this quiz

Files from the videos:

• 2020-01-17_Number_Representation.pdf
• integer_types.c
• floating_point_types.c
• arithmetic.c

Friday, January 17

• Complete the Hello, world! exercise if you did not finish it in class
• Read chapters 1 and 2 from the book
• Watch the C Intro video
• Take this quiz

Here are the files that were created in the video. Feel free to download them and play around with them if you want.

• c_intro.c
• calculate_square.c

Wednesday, January 15

• Set up your computer for creating, compiling, and running C programs by following the environment setup instructions.