Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:13:24 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 06:52:56 GMT Content-length: 4428 Program 0 - CS 302 Fall 1996 - Section 4

CS 302 Fall 1996 - Section 4

Algebraic Language Programming in C++

Instructor: Milo M. Martin (milo@cs.wisc.edu)



Program 0

Due Wednesday, September 11, 1996



Objective: Program 0 is designed to give you practice editing, compiling, executing, modifying, and documenting a program. This program is not graded, but is required to receive a passing grade in the class.

Before doing this assignment you may want to some review the help documents from the CS302 home page, such as the introduction to Microsoft Windows and Borland C++ .

Do the following exercises:

Borland C++ 4.5 Hints

Start Borland C++ 4.5 which is found in the CSApps program group. Make sure you are using 4.5 instead of 4.0 -- your CSApps program group may contain both. When you have Borland up and running, you want to first create a file to write your program in. You click on File in the left corner of the screen, and choose New within the menu that drops down. An empty box will appear on your screen; this is where you will write your program. You will want to save your programs often. The first time you save it, choose Save as within the File menu. Click on the folders in the box on the right so that you will be saving the file in "U:\PROGRAMS\PROG0". For the name of the file, enter "PROG0.CPP". The .CPP lets you know that it is a C++ source file. The second time you save, you can just choose Save, and it will be done automatically. To access a file that you have previously saved to the disk, simply choose Open from the File menu, changing to the desired folder, and then selecting the file.

Once you have the program typed into the file window, and you have saved the program in case something unsavory happens, then you just need to press the little lightening bolt button near the top of the screen. Your program will be compiled, linked, and run. If you made a typing error, chances are you will get a syntax error. Go back to the program, check your typing, and when the mistake is found, change it and run the program again.

When the program runs, it will create a window, and prompt you for the program input. When the program is done the word ``interactive'' appears in the title bar. After the program finishes, you can close the window it created by double clicking on the upper-left corner of the window.


Milo M. Martin (milo@cs.wisc.edu)