Description
Introduction
The aim of this assignment is to make sure that you understand and are familiar with the concepts
covered in the lectures, including Unix operating system, programming paradigms, the structure
of programming languages, and the differences between a macro and a procedure. By the end
of the assignment, you should have
• Learned a brief history of programming languages and the characteristics of the languages.
• Gotten started with Unix and GNU GCC the programming environment.
This assignment is related to the outcomes 1-2 and 1-3 listed in the syllabus:
• Students will understand the control structures of functional, logic, and imperative
programming languages.
• Students will understand the execution of functional, logic, and imperative programming
languages.
Reading: Read chapter 1, chapter 2 (sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3), appendix (sections B.1 and B.2),
and course notes (slides).
You are expected to do the assignment outside the class meetings. Should you need assistance,
or have questions about the assignment, please contact the instructor or the TA during their
Zoom office hours.
You are encouraged to ask and answer questions on the course discussion board. (However, do
not share your answers or code in the course discussion board.)
Pre-requisite
You are required to do these exercises, in order for you to do the following assignments that
require submission.
1. Subscribe to the General UNIX Cluster Server. You need to visit the ASU Computer Accounts
Self-Sub website:
http://www.asu.edu/selfsub
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You can login using your ASUAD User ID & password. It will list your current subscriptions and
what other options are available for you to subscribe. Add ASU General Computing Server
if you don’t have it.
Your new General UNIX account may be ready immediately or may take a few days to become
available. You can then log onto the “general.asu.edu” server using your ASUAD User ID and
your password.
You need a secure telnet client like PuTTY or SSH to access the general server. You will use ASU
General account and PuTTY or SSH for C/C++ and Prolog programming in this course. You
can also create your personal web page in the folder called www in ASU General server.
In this course, you will use GNU gcc compiler to run C programs. Later in the semester, you will
be required to use GNU Prolog under the General server to run all your Prolog programs.
The course is designed to give you experience of using different kinds of programming
environments!
2. Getting Started with GNU GCC on Unix
To do the C assignments using GNU GCC, you need to have basic Unix knowledge. If you are
not familiar with basic Unix commands, you need to read textbook Appendix B, sections B.1
and B.2.1 and the Unix Tutorial given in the homework folder.
In order to connect to ASU general server, you need to install and use ASU VPN:
Enter MyASU –> My Apps –> Search VPN
You will find: Cisco Anyconnect SSLVPN. Install and enter the connection address:
sslvpn.asu.edu. Then, you can use your ASUAD account to connect.
Once you have connected your sslvpn, you can connect to ASU General. Enter the
“general.asu.edu” server by using PuTTY or SHH to connect to general.asu.edu.
1) If you already have an account on General, then skip ahead to the next exercise. Otherwise, in your browser,
navigate to http://www.asu.edu/selfsub and subscribe to general.asu.edu to obtain an account on that
system. It takes anywhere from a few minutes to perhaps an hour for your account to be activated. Please
read Unix Tutorial for more detail.
2) Once your account is activated, run a secure shell terminal program such as PuTTY or SSH on your PC or
Mac. Configure the terminal program to connect to general.asu.edu (in the host name text field) on port
22. Note: if you are running on Linux or a Mac, then you can start an SSH connection to General by opening
a terminal window and typing ssh yourasuruteid@general.asu.edu at the prompt.
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3) Log in to General using your ASUAD credentials.
4) Do a pwd command to determine your home directory. What is the absolute path name of your home
directory?
For example, when I log in to General and perform a pwd command, I see,
/afs/asu.edu/users/y/c/h/ychen1
Of course, it should be the path from the root to your directory.
5) Do an ls command to see the files in your home directory.
6) Do an ls -a command to see all of the files in your home directory, including hidden files.
7) Do an ls -l command to produce a long listing of the non-hidden files in your home directory.
8) Do an ls -al command to produce a long listing of all of the files in your home directory.
Make a new directory (e.g. MyDir or CSE240) by using the command: mkdir MyDir, use this
to store all of your C and C++ programs in a specific directory. You may create subdirectories
in this directory.
Enter the directory by using Change Directory command: cd MyDir
Please note that you can remotely connect (using PuTTY or SSH) to the general server from
anywhere, at any time, that is, you can do the assignment at home.
To write a GNU GCC program on a Unix server, you can either use a Unix editor, e.g., vim or
pico or upload (using the same PuTTY software that includes SSH/telnet) a pre-edited file
into your Unix directory MyDir. The name of a C program should have an extension .c and
the name of a C++ program should have an extension .cpp
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Programming Exercise (50 points)
1. Follow the Textbook Appendix B and the Unix Tutorial PPT given in the homework folder to
complete the following tasks:
1.1 Create a new directory called CSE240. Use cd CSE240 to enter the new directory.
Use pwd command to find the path from the Unix root directory to your current
directory.
1.2 Create three new subdirectories inside CSE240. Name the directories d1, d2, and d3
respectively.
1.3 Enter the directory d1 and use vi or vim to create a new program called hello.c and
enter the following code into the program. You must use your name to replace the
name “John Doe”. Save the file.
Use gcc hello.c -o hello to compile the program. Fix any compilation errors if any.
1.4 Use ls, ls -l, and ls -al respectively to list files in d1 directory. Use command ./hello
to execute the compiled code. . [4 points]
Take screenshots of each command in this question. You may take one screenshot
with all commands in it.
1.5 Enter d2 directory and then use one command to copy (not move) the files hello.c
and hello from d1 directory into d2 directory. Use ls -al to view all the files in d2.
Take screenshots of each command in this question. You may take one screenshot
with all commands in it. [3 points]
1.6 In d2 directory, use chmod 660 hello to change the permission. Use ls -l to view the
files. Use command ./hello to execute the compiled code. Take a screenshot of this
output. Use chmod command again to make hello an executable, but not readable
and not writeable for all users. Use command ./hello to execute the compiled code.
Take a screenshot of this output. [4 points]
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1.7 Enter CSE240 directory. Use ls -l to view all the files. Then, use one command to
delete d2 directory and all the files in d2 directory. Use ls -l to view all the files.
Take screenshots of each command in this question. You may take one screenshot
with all commands in it. [3 points]
Screenshots needed for questions 1.4 through 1.7. Put all the screenshots along with their
question numbers in a word file and convert to pdf. Submit the file as hw01q1.pdf
2. In this question, you will use Unix tools to edit, debug, and execute a simple C program. The
purpose of the homework is to learn the Unix programming environment. Read textbook
Section 2.2.3, the tutorials, and the Unix tutorial in text Appendix B.2.
2.1 Use a text editor to enter the following program. Variations and more discussions
of this program can be found in textbook Section 2.1.3. Use GNU GCC to compile,
debug (find and fix any syntax errors), and execute the program and fix any semantic
errors, for example, by adding “break” statements in the required places and by
fixing incorrect characters copied into the programming environment, if any, and by
type-changing to print a floating point number. The code is supposed to perform
one math operation in each switch-case. The ‘ch’ variable is assigned a new math
operator before each switch-case. Submit the corrected program as hw01q2.c [8
points]
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/* This C program demonstrates the switch statement without using breaks. */
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
char ch = ‘+’;
int a = 10, b = 20;
double f;
printf(“ch = %c\n”, ch);
switch (ch) {
case ‘+’: f = a + b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘-‘: f = a – b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘*’: f = a * b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘/’: f = a / b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
default: printf(“invalid operator\n”);
}
ch = ‘-‘;
printf(“ch = %c\n”, ch);
switch (ch) {
case ‘+’: f = a + b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘-‘: f = a – b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘*’: f = a * b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘/’: f = a / b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
default: printf(“invalid operator\n”);
}
ch = ‘*’;
printf(“ch = %c\n”, ch);
switch (ch) {
case ‘+’: f = a + b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘-‘: f = a – b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
}
case ‘*’: f = a * b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘/’: f = a / b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
default: printf(“invalid operator\n”);
} ch =
‘/’;
printf(“ch = %c\n”, ch);
switch (ch) {
case ‘+’: f = a + b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘-‘: f = a – b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘*’: f = a * b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘/’: f = a / b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
default: printf(“invalid operator\n”);
} ch =
‘%’;
printf(“ch = %c\n”, ch);
switch (ch) {
case ‘+’: f = a + b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘-‘: f = a – b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘*’: f = a * b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
case ‘/’: f = a / b; printf(“f = %d\n”, f);
default: printf(“invalid operator\n”); }
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2.2 Edit the code above or write a new code to use a for-loop (that runs 5 times) to ask
the user for a math operation as input ( +, – , * , / ). Use an input statement such as
ch = getchar(); or scanf(“%c\n”, &ch); to replace the assignment statement ch = ‘+’
in the code above. Expected result shown in the figure below. Submit the revised
program as hw01q2_2.c. [8 points]
Note, when you add the loop, you may need to use a fflush(stdin) or a getchar() to flush
the newline ‘\n’ character left behind by a previous operation; You can use one ch =
getchar() at the beginning of the loop and one before the end of the loop:
for ( … )
{
printf(“please enter a char”);
ch = getchar(); // read a char
other code;
ch = getchar(); // This line will flush ‘\n’ character left behind by the previous getchar().
ch = getchar(); // You may need this one to keep the console window open
}
Please read text Section 2.1.3 for more details.
3. You are given a file named “hw01q3.c”. All instructions are given in the form of comments
in the file. You should correct the errors and identify which error type they are. Please read
all instructions carefully, then complete and submit the updated file. [20 points]
Grading and Rubrics
Each sub-question (programming tasks) has been assigned certain points. We will grade your
programs following these steps:
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(1) Compile the code. If it does not compile, 50% of the points given for the code under
compilation will be deducted. Then, we will read the code and give points between 50% and 0,
as shown in right part of the rubric table.
(2) If the code passes the compilation, we will execute and test the code using test cases. We will
assign points based on the left part of the rubric table.
In both cases (passing compilation and failed compilation), we will read your program and give
points based on the points allocated to each sub-question, the readability of your code
(organization of the code and comments), logic, inclusion of the required functions, and
correctness of the implementations of each function.
Please notice that we will not debug your program to figure out how big or how small the error
is. You may lose 50% of your points for a small error such missing a comma or a space!
We will apply the following rubrics to each sub-question listed in the assignment. Assume that
points assigned to a sub-question is pts:
Rubric Table
Major Code passed compilation Code failed
compilation
Points pts * 100% pts *
90%
pts *
80%
pts *
70% –
60%
pts * 50%
– 40%
pts * 30%
-10%
0
Each subquestion
Meeting all
requirements,
well
commented,
and working
correctly in all
test cases
Working
correctly
in all test
cases.
Comments
not
provided
to explain
what each
part of
code does.
Working
with minor
problem,
such as not
writing
comments,
code not
working in
certain
uncommon
boundary
conditions.
Working
in most
test
cases,
but with
major
problem,
such as
the code
fail a
common
test case
Failed
compilation
or not
working
correctly,
but
showing
serious
effort in
addressing
the
problem.
Failed
compilation,
showing
some effort,
but the
code does
not
implement
the required
work.
No
attempt
What to Submit?
This homework assignment will have multiple parts. You are required to submit your answers in
a compressed format (.zip). The compressed (zip) file MUST contain the followings:
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hw01q1.pdf (screenshots from questions 1.4 through 1.7)
hw01q2_1.c (program)
hw01q2_2.c (program)
hw01q3answer.c (program)
No other files should be in the compressed folder. Do not submit the project solution or other
project files.
If multiple submissions are made, the most recent submission will be graded. (Even if the
assignment is submitted late.)
Submission preparation notice: The assignment consists of multiple files. You must copy these
files into a single folder for Canvas submission. To make sure that you have all the files included
in the zip file and they work after unzip operation, you must test them before submission. You
must also download your own submission from the Canvas. Unzip the file on a different machine,
and test your assignment and see if you can open and test the files in a different location, because
the TA will test your application on a different machine. If you submitted an empty project folder,
an incomplete project folder, or a wrong folder, you cannot resubmit after the submission linked
is closed! We grade only what you submitted in the Canvas. We cannot grade the assignment on
your computer or any other storage, even if the modification date indicated that the files were
created before the submission due dates. The Canvas submission may take a few minutes. Be
patient and wait for it to complete.
Where to Submit?
All submissions must be electronically submitted to the respected homework link in the course
web page where you downloaded the assignment.
Late submission deduction policy
• No penalty for late submissions that are received within 24 hours after the deadline
(before Sunday midnight);
• 10% grade deduction for every day it is late after the grace period (After Sunday);
• No late submission after Tuesday at 11:59PM.
Academic Integrity and Honor Code.
You are encouraged to cooperate in study group on learning the course materials. However, you
may not cooperate on preparing the individual assignments. Anything that you turn in must be
your own work: You must write up your own solution with your own understanding. If you use
an idea that is found in a book or from other sources, or that was developed by someone else or
jointly with some group, make sure you acknowledge the source and/or the names of the persons
in the write-up for each problem. When you help your peers, you should never show your work to
them. All assignment questions must be asked in the course discussion board. Asking assignment
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questions or making your assignment available in public websites before the assignment is due
will be considered cheating.
