Compiled Messages: ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 184: posted by Timothy Smith (timothysmith75) on Fri Oct 19, 2001 14:26 Subject: re: week4 ch4 If anybody can, please reply by Saturday by 4pm. I turn in my assignment on Saturdays. Thanks. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 185: [Branch from no. 184] posted by Margaret LaFaire (margaretlafaire10) on Fri Oct 19, 2001 20:41 Subject: re: re: week4 ch4 You aren't really "calculating" in the sense of performing an arithmetic operation. You need to evaluate the exam_score and determine which letter grade it should receive. If this doesn't help, post again and I will try to check the board again in the morning. Margaret ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 187: [Branch from no. 185] posted by Dawn Baur (dawnbaur91) on Fri Oct 19, 2001 21:14 Subject: re: re: week4 ch4 Margaret, How complicated are you making the problem in the simple design book? I can see all kinds of things that I would consider necessary for a program to include - such as error handling and the like - but I'm unsure how much to include. For instance, when you're reading the problem, do you think that the program should allow scores greater than 100 or should it test for those and report an error back. Also, what are you supposed to do with the serial number? Should we be error checking to make sure that a serial number is entered and not proceed until one is? Should it be displayed at the end of the program? I'm just not sure how much to include...what did you decide? Thanks, Dawn ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 188: [Branch from no. 187] posted by Margaret LaFaire (margaretlafaire10) on Sat Oct 20, 2001 07:29 Subject: re: re: week4 ch4 Dawn, Since this is not a programming class, I have only created an algorithm to answer the specific problem. I wouldn't make things too complicated. I just used the Select Case statement to assign the grades, printed the information and called it good. Margaret ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 186: [Branch from no. 184] posted by Dawn Baur (dawnbaur91) on Fri Oct 19, 2001 21:08 Subject: re: re: week4 ch4 Tim, I agree with Margaret. You don't need to actually calculate anything to convert the grade from the numberical input to the letter grade. You CAN use a a formula to create a simplified select case statement, but it is certainly not necessary. A series of if-else statements will do the job nicely. Dawn ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 189: posted by Margaret LaFaire (margaretlafaire10) on Sat Oct 20, 2001 08:50 Subject: Week 3 VB Assignment I am having a little bit of trouble understanding what Laura wants in this week's assignment out of the VB book. Should we create an algorithm that basically restates the code in the problems? Or should we create a more generic response that only addresses what actually shows up in the picture box rather than looking at the way that a VB program creates the text that appears in the picture box. For instance, should the pseudocode say "print 1234" or "print 12 and 34"? For 11 and 13 should the pseudocode specify that you are concatenating or breaking up strings or should the pesudocode say "print (whatever the string turns out to be)". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Margaret ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 190: [Branch from no. 189] posted by Laura Scallion (cis122ls) on Sat Oct 20, 2001 10:04 Subject: re: Week 3 VB Assignment Hopefully you mean week 4? I will post in another message for week 4. Laura ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 191: posted by Laura Scallion (cis122ls) on Sat Oct 20, 2001 10:11 Subject: Week 4 -PLEASE READ. I want to apologize for being unattentive the last couple of days. I have been in 18 hour days Instructor boot camp at Sun Microsystems for the last week. Because of this, I have extended the due date for week 4 assignment to Tues 10/23 so I can get week 3 assignments graded before you are required to turn in week 4. To answer the question about week 4 VB expectations, you are to take the code written in the book in the problems assignmed. Use the code in VB to see what the process is performing. Then write the entire code in VB plus provide the answers to what the code is generating. If anyone has any more questions, I will be online on and off all weekend to catch up with you :) OR, feel free to call me on my cell 503-754-1642. Take care, Laura ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 192: [Branch from no. 191] posted by Dawn Baur (dawnbaur91) on Sun Oct 21, 2001 11:06 Subject: re: Week 4 -PLEASE READ. Laura, Thanks for the clarification. Just to make sure I understand, write the VB code, in it's entirety in pseudocode along with the output...is this correct? Thanks, Dawn ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 193: [Branch from no. 192] posted by Margaret LaFaire (margaretlafaire10) on Sun Oct 21, 2001 19:31 Subject: re: Week 4 -PLEASE READ. Dawn or anyone else, I guess it's just me, but I still can't quite figure out what Laura wants with the VB assignment. I did send her a private note, but she doesn't seem to be online today. So, does anyone else have a clear picture of what is required? Are we just supposed to translate the VB code from the book into pseudocode as one part of the answer and then copy down verbatim what VB actually puts in the picture box as a second part of the answer? I would appreciate any light anyone can shed on this. Thanks, Margaret ------------------------------------------------------------- Message no. 194: [Branch from no. 191] posted by John Buck (johnbuck13) on Sun Oct 21, 2001 19:56 Subject: re: Week 4 -PLEASE READ. Your assignment stated that we are to only use VB to see what the code generates. It says to write the vb code into pseudocode and only turn in that (you stated "All you are to turn in is the MSWord document with the pseudocode, NOT the VB code you generate"). I want to clarify this before I turn in assignment 4 so I don't forget anything. Thank You, John Buck -------------------------------------------------------------