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 basic C syntax, using pointers to access strings and
multidimensional arrays. By the end of the assignment, you should have
● understood the concepts of data, data declaration, forward declaration, and manipulation of
values stored in the memory.
● written a program using pointers to access a variety of other data structures.
Reading: Textbook Chapter 2, Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4, and lecture slides covered.
Exercising: Complete the multiple choice questions in Textbook Section 2.12. The answers of
the questions are available in course Web page.
You are expected to do the majority of 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 office hours.
You are encouraged to ask and answer questions on the course discussion board. However, in
do not share your answers or code in the course discussion board. Do not cooperate with your
peers in doing the individual assignments.
Programming Assignment
1. You are given a C file hw04q1.c which contains a partially completed program. Follow
the instructions contained in comments and complete the required functions. You will
be writing most functions (initializeStrings, printStrings, toUppercase, toLowercase,
changeAllToUpperOrLower, wordMatch, concatStr) using only pointer operations
instead of using array operations. In this homework, the arrays in all functions need to
be accessed with pointer, not as array. It means you cannot use an array element value
through indexing like s[0][0] or s[i][j]. However, you can use the addresses of some array
elements, such as &s[0][0] and &s[i][0]. Then, you use the pointer to access the array
element value. You will be using a character pointer. You may use only the strlen( )
function from string.h library. You can find out more about these functions by reading
through the instructions in the hw04q1.c file. Example output is given below. [50 points]
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What to Submit?
You are required to submit your solution in a compressed format (.zip). Make sure your
compressed file is label correctly – lastname_firstname4.zip. (All lowercase, do not put
anything else in the name like “hw4”.)
The compressed file MUST contain the following:
hw04q1.c (completed code)
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No other files should be in the compressed folder.
If multiple submissions are made, the most recent submission will be graded. (Even if the
assignment is submitted late.)
Submission preparation notice: The assignment may consist 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 blackboard. 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
blackboard. 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
blackboard 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;
● 10% grade deduction for every day it is late after the grace period;
● No late submission after Tuesday at 11:59PM.
Grading Rubrics
Each sub-question (programming tasks) has been assigned certain points. We will grade your
programs following these steps:
(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) (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.
(3) 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.
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(4) 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!
(5) We will apply the following rubrics to each sub-question listed in the assignment. Assume
that points assigned to a sub-question is pts:
Major Code passed compilation Code failed compilation
Points Pts * 100% Pts * 90% Pts * 80% Pts *
60%-70%
Pts * 40%-
50%
Pts * 10%-
30%
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
Please read the FAQ file in the Course Information folder:
Q: For some reason, my assignment submission did not go through, but I thought it went
through. I can show you on my local disk or in my Dropbox that I completed the assignment
before the due date. Can my assignment be graded?
A: You should always download your own submission from the blackboard after submission and
test if the submission contains all the required files. We will grade the assignment submitted to
Canvas only. We cannot grade the assignment sent from email or stored in any other places,
regardless its last-modified-time. If you submitted your assignment into the blackboard, it cannot
be downloaded from the instructor side, but it can download from your side, we can download
from your blackboard and grade the assignment. Please meet the instructor or TA in this case.