This is Java.

• Programming Exercises
• Regular 100/80/60 Quizzes
• Short Answer Quizzes
• Unit Exam
• Game Project (15% of final mark)

• JavaTM 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.6.0 API Specification
• Java Tutorial

• Read this Going Loopy Tutorial.
• Read Sun's While and Do..While Tutorial
• Read While Loop
• Do these problems: Control Flow Statement Questions and Exercises.

1. Write a do..while loop that asks the user to enter a number less than 50. It repeats the question until they do.
2. Write a while loop that prints 10 random numbers (all between 1 and 10).
3. Modify the loop from question 1 so that it prints an error message each time the user makes a mistake with the number of mistakes made.
4. Modify the loop from question 2 so that if one of the random numbers is 5, it prints "You win" and ends the loop.

1. Watch this video.
2. Monty Hall's Denial of the problem
3. Download and play this working version of MontyHall.java
4. Modify this game so that the user can play repeatedly in a single run of the program. Count the number of times the player wins, and print the percentage of wins at the end of the program.

1. Write a program that reads any number of grades in numerical format, averages them, and then displays the average to the user. Use a while or do...while loop to enter grades and a sentinel variable to indicate when to stop entering grades. Allow the program user to determine when to stop entering the grades.

1. Watch this video on the For Loop
2. Read this Going Loopy Tutorial.
3. Read this For Loop in Java.
4. With a partner these exercises.
5. If you have time in class, do exercise 6cd (below)

1. With a partner, complete these Loops Exercises **on paper**.
2. When you are done, confirm your answers by running the code.

1. Write a program to find the sum of first 42 natural numbers using a for loop.

1. Write and run a program that reads a positive integer n and then prints a triangle of asteriks in that number of rows. Use two nested for loops. For example, if n is 4, then the output would be:

   *
   **
   ***
   ****

   Hints to solve this algorithm:
   1) Print a single star using System.out.print("*").
   2) Get the program to print n stars on one line (a single for loop).
   3) Then get it to print an nxn square of stars (another for loop around the first for loop). Use System.out.println(""); to add a hard return where you need one.
   4) Now change only one thing in the program will give you the triangle you seek.
   
   NOTE: Solutions with two for loops that are not nested, or with only one for loop will not be accepted.

1. Creates an array of 200 integers
2. Loads the array with 200 random values between 1 and 100 (Hint: use a for loop)
3. Prints the elements of the array in order from index 0 to index 199. (Hint: use another for loop)
4. Prints the elements of the array in REVERSE order from index 199 to index 0. (Hint: use a 3rd for loop)

1. Download this incomplete program.
2. Complete the method absoluteValues() that replaces all the negative numbers in an array of integers with their absolute values.
3. Complete the method indexOfMinimum() that returns the index of the minimum value stored in an array.

1. Declare a 4x4 2D array of integers.
2. Populate the array with random integers between (and including) 0 and 9.
3. Call a method named print2DArray and pass it the above array. The method will print the array by line as shown below:

        1 2 3 4
        4 3 2 1
        5 6 7 8
        8 7 6 5
   	 

4. Call a method named findSum and pass it the above array. The method will find the sum of the numbers in the array and print it.

1. Download this text file of numbers. Save it in your java folder.
2. Download File Input and Output Code. Save it in your java folder. Run the code. You should see the contents of nums.txt print to the console.
3. Add code that prints the sum of all the numbers in the file to the screen.

          char initial = 'k';
          int numValue = (int)initial;
          System.out.println(initial + " has numerical value " + numValue);
          if (initial < 'a' || initial > 'z') {
              System.out.println("initial is not a letter");
          }
          

The "Change One Letter" game has a 4 letter start word and a 4 letter goal word. The challenge is to get from the start word to the goal word by changing one letter per turn.

Sample Play
Start Word: wall
Goal Word: boil

wall
mall
mail
hail
tail
toil
boil
 

You are to write a program that allows two people to play the game until there is either a winner OR someone clicks cancel.

Each play of the game will have the following format:

1. Player 1 enters a 4 letter start word, which must be validated against an English dictionary file then displayed in the console.
2. Player 2 enters a 4 letter goal word, which must be validated against an English dictionary file.
3. Player 1 changes a letter, it is validated, the new word is displayed in the console.
4. Player 2 changes a letter, it is validated, the new word is displayed in the console.
5. When the goal word is reached, display it in the console. Then display in the console the winner and the number of steps it took. Then the game ends.

To change a letter, the user must specify the position of one letter to change (0 for the first letter, 1 for the second letter etc), followed by a space, followed by a uppercase OR lowercase letter to change it to in order to make a new word. If the format of this input is not valid, display a descriptive error message and require the user to enter it again.

The format is considered invalid if:

1. The number is not an integer between 0 and 3
2. The letter is not a character between a and z
3. There is not a space between the number and letter
4. There is more than one space between the number and letter
5. The new word created by the changed letter is not in the English dictionary

wAlL
boil
0 m
2 i
0 H
0 t
1 o
0 B

wall
mall
mail
hail
tail
toil
boil
Player 2 wins in 6 steps.

1. Put this four letter list in a file called dictionary.txt. Use this to determine if a word is a valid 4 letter word.
2. Since you cannot change the individual characters of a String, but you can change the individual elements of an array, you will need to convert a String to a character array and convert the character array back to a String.
3. To convert a String to a character array:

   String someString = "this is a string";
   char  someCharacterArray;
   
   someCharacterArray = someString.toCharArray();
                       

4. To convert a character array to a String:

   someString = new String (someCharacterArray);
                   

Evaluation (/52)

1. Commenting and Formatting (/10)
2. Efficiency and Design (/5)
3. 7 Working Test Cases (/21)
4. 8 Non-working Test Cases (/16)

To hand in:

The Assignment (15% of Semester Grade)

1. Graphical Poker, the real thing (Difficulty 4)
   
   (Just Poker | Lowball Poker | Another Poker Game)
2. Change One Letter - graphical version (Difficulty 3)
   • Download Change One Letter Game Template.
   • Create a 2 human player version AND a 1 human, 1 computer version.
     Example 1 | Example 2
3. Even and Odd (Difficulty 2) with NO Graphical Interface
   ( Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3)
4. Second Hand (Difficulty 1) with Dialog Box Interface: Create a computer game out of this old calculator game. There must be a 1 player game (against a computer) and a 2 player version. Algorithms, user interface and error checking evaluated.
5. Bicentennial (Difficulty 1) with Dialog Box Interface: Create a computer game out of this old calculator game. There must be a 1 player game (against a computer) and a 2 player version. Algorithms, user interface and error checking evaluated.

Evaluation (/90)

1. Milestone 1 Demonstration (/10) (Block B: Monday April 29, Block C: Wed May 1)
   Demonstration in class to teacher: Working game with human or computer players. Can win or lose.
   
Milestone 2 Demonstration (/10) (Block B: Wed May 1, Block C: Fri May 3)
Demonstration in class to teacher: Working game with human AND computer players. Can win or lose.

2. Final Release (/20) (Block B & C: Mon May 6)
   Demonstration to whole class: All error checking works. It rocks. No bugs. No issues. Awesome graphics and interface. No bugs. Instructions.
   
3. Evaluation of Running Game (/20)
   I will mark your game on the following properties:
   1. Visual Appearance
   2. Clarity of Instructions
   3. Usability
   4. Robustness
   5. Completeness
   6. Overall Impression
4. Code (/30)
   I will mark the code on formatting (/20) and style and efficiency(/10).

To hand in tba

1. put all the code/images in a folder titled the names of your team
2. hand into Wear_IT > Hand-in > ICTP 11 > Java Game
3. print your code and hand it in to the wire inbox on my desk, yes, your code

• Loops Exercises
• Methods
• Arrays (1d and 2d)
• File I/O
• Pass-by-Value vs Pass-by-Reference -Value
• Nested for loops (stars program)
• Array manipulation
• Sum a number of values (Grades Average)
• Sentinel Value (Grades Average)
• Chars and the Ascii Table (Change 1 Letter)
• Character Arrays (Change 1 Letter)