Pascal Programming Class Information
Hey Class!
Please observe the continual changes in the course outline. This weeks
important information will be in
BLACK below. Please DO complete the
reading assignments. If you have any questions, email me.
The class syllabus information is listed below. Final Exams for Beginning Pascal will
be held on Tuesday, September 23. Assignment information is listed below:
If you are looking 
for class information for Intermediate Pascal then you must go here.
Beginning Pascal
COP 2210 Section 0007
Fall 1997
CLASS 11:30-13:10 Tues. in PC II 108
LAB 12:30-13:20 Thurs. in PH 310
TEXT Turbo Pascal, Walter J. Savich
INSTRUCTOR Maysa Peterson
OFFICE Room 255 Computer Science Building
OffHrs 10:00-11:00 Tues., 11:00-12:00 Thurs.
PHONE 823-2929
PHONE 522-8550 (home) call only in emergencies
PAGER 807-5921 (10:00 - 23:00 Tues. - Thurs.)
EMAIL bschnell@www.scranton.com
HOMEPAGE http://www.kneehighs.com/
Beginning Pascal (COP 2210) is a 1-hour programming course using Borland Turbo Pascal 7.0. It is offered the first 5 weeks of Fall Term at the same time and room that is used for the 1-hour course Intermediate Pascal (COP 2211) in the second 5 weeks and for Advanced Pascal (COP 2212) the last 5 weeks of the Term.
There will be 4 assignments and one test in Beginning Pascal. See the Topical Outline on page 2 (the back) for the estimated topical coverage. A test makeup is highly unlikely!! An honest effort will be made to provide an opportunity for makeup, only if a student must miss it for a documented, truly unavoidable reason. The test is open book, open notes and you may use a calculator. It includes material from the lectures, the assigned text (see the parentheses in the Topical Outline) and the assignments.
The Topical Outline gives the assignment due dates. Each assignment is due on or before class begins on the given due date. You may hand them in at the start of that lab or anytime prior at the Computer Science Office, Rm. 220. Any assignment received late will automatically be docked 10 points on a 100 point scale.
For each assignment, you must turn in a clean 9x12, or slightly larger, envelope with:
1) your name,
2) your student number,
3) the assignment number
4) the class and section (COP2210 Section 07) hand printed on the outside.
Inside the envelope you must have:
1) a 3.5" floppy containing only the source file(s) for the assignment with
same identification as on the envelope (name etc.) on the floppy label.
2) two easy-to-read listings of your source code with the identification
(name etc.) on a comment line of the program.
The course grade will be:
50% (100 points) from the test scores
50% (25*2 points) from the assignment scores.
Plus (10 points)for getting assignment 2 running
- Your programs will be graded using Turbo Pascal 7.0.
- This compiler is available on the UCFLAN via the command "Turbo7".
- You may use your own compiler at home, however make sure that your code compiles on the UCFLAN before you turn it in. If you submit a program that does not compile you will get very few points no matter how much time you spent on it!!
It is recommended that you do NOT miss class. Programming, like mathematics, builds on previously learned material. Miss a class and you are lost! If you have to miss a class, please let me know in advance, by phone or email, and make arrangements with a fellow student to get a copy of the notes and assignments. Programming assignments are due by the specified due date regardless of circumstances, no excuses except death!
Topical Outline for COP 2210
Thurs. 8/21 introduction, read chapters 1-2
Tues. 8/26 program syntax, program style, write, read, data types
Assignment 1
Thurs. 8/28 LAB PH310
Tues. 9/2 read chapter 3, chapter 7 pg. 236-253
operator precedence, if, compound, while, repeat
Assignment 2
Thurs. 9/4 LAB PH310, Assignment 1 due
Tues. 9/9 read chapter 4, chapter 5 pg. 158-175, chapter 12 pg. 463-489
robust input, debugger, text files, procedures, local identifiers
Assignment 3
Thurs. 9/11 LAB PH310, Assignment 2 due
Tues. 9/16 read chapter 6, the rest of chapter 5 and 7, Section 8.2 and 9.1
for, case, type declarations, redefined functions, arrays
Assignment 4
Thurs. 9/18 LAB PH310, Assignment 3 due
Tues. 9/23 TEST
Thr. 9/25 LAB PH310, Final Version of Assignment 2 due
Tues. 9/30 Intermediate Pascal Begins
Introduction to Pascal Programming
COP 2210-0007
Assignment Information
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Week 1
8/26/97
- Introduction to Computer hardware/software environment
- Basic DOS Commands: dir, copy, format, erase, del, cd, etc.
- Basic programming principles, algorithms
- Introduction to Pascal, data types, I/O and program design
8/28/97
- Lab Work
- Introduction to Turbo Pascal Environment
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Assignment 1:
Due: 9/4/97
Write an extended version of the "Hello World" program. Ask
the user for his name and any other information you wish to add and have
it fully displayed on the screen along with any type of text art as defined
in class. Be creative with it.
For example text art
<-- See my email signature file.
The more elaborate and colorful
the text art, the higher the grade.
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Text Art:
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- Hangin' on by a | | MMMMM | | thread!!!! -
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- Overworked... | | | 0 0 | | | Underpaid... -
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Here are the class notes for week one.
This page will show you some good
examples of program code for assignment #1.
These programs all received high scores.
They vary in content, but then; the programmers
varied in ability. I took that into consideration.
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Week 2: Information
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Week 2
9/2/97
- Handling I/O and Error Checking
- Operator Precedence in Pascal
- Looping Structures
- Programming Principles, Logical Program Flow
- Looping Structures
- If Then Else Statement
- While Do Statement
- Repeat Until
- Proper Documentation for Iterative Code
9/4/97
- Lab Work
- Program Development
- Turbo Tools
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Assignment 2: ATM
Due: 9/11/97
Create a program that will balance your checkbook.
Have it ask the user for the beginning balance,
then allow the user to withdraw, deposit, and get
balance information. Keep the program
simple and easy to read so a non-programmer can
follow the code without difficulty.
Analyze the problem first. Use flow charts
to help you design the program flow.
You will write THREE (3) versions
of the same program:
1.) Use only the IF THEN ELSE looping structure.
2.) Use only the WHILE DO looping structure.
3.) Use only the REPEAT UNTIL looping structure.
The program should try to run continuously
until the user indicates that he wishes to terminate
the process. Observe how the different constructs
facilitate or hinder logical flow? Under what conditions
is one construct better than another?
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Here are the class notes for week two.
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Week 3: Information
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Week 3
9/9/97
- Robust Input
- Simple Pascal Procedures
- Local and Global Variables
- Passing Parameters
- Parameter Types, Scope
- Function Calls
- Text Files, I/O handling
9/11/97
- Lab Work
- Program Development: More on WHILEs and REPEATs
- Turbo7 Tools: Debugger
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Assignment 3: Advanced ATM
Due: 9/18/97
Build on your existing work for the previous
ATM assignment. This time, use whatever looping
structures you feel fit best. Allow the user to use
the ATM until they have completed all their transactions.
This system will read and write all data to a
text file. In this way, it will be a "smart" system, always
retaining current balance information. Use procedures to
streamline your code. You will write a minimum of
THREE (3) procedures for the same program:
1.) Procedure Inquiry(account_num);
2.) Procedure Withdrawal(account_num, amount);
3.) Procedure Deposit(account_num, amount);
For extra credit, add additional procedures for checking
account number validity, transfers between accounts, etc.
See how the usage of procedure makes the code of the main
program body more legible and easy to follow. Don't forget
to properly document each procedure as you would individual
programs and looping structures.
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Here are the class notes for week three.
Download the example source code and compile it or
Try the executable.
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Week 4: Information
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Week 4
9/16/97
- Code Review in Teams
- More on Robust Input: the use of IN and sets
- More on Evaluating Expressions and Compiler Directives
- Looping and Branching
- FOR Loops
- ELSE IF
- CASE Statements
- Exit Criteria on Loops and the use of Flags
- Function Calls, Pre-defined and User-Defined
- One-Dimensional Arrays
9/18/97
- Lab Work
- Program Development
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Assignment 4: ATM
Due: 9/25/97
REDO and Complete Assignment #2
Have it running correctly.
REMEMBER: Keep it simple!
AND I DON'T want to see a bunch of programs
that look like mine.
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Here is an example source of a user-defined function. OR...
Download the executable
Here is an example source of a FOR loop. OR...
Download the executable
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Here are the class notes for week four.
Download my source code for assignment #2
IF-THEN and compile it or
Try the executable.
Download the source for the WHILE-DO and
Try the executable.
Download the source for the REPEAT-UNTIL and
Try the executable.
FINAL EXAM 2210: Information
Intermediate Pascal
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