COSC 2231 - Programming 1

Week 1 Laboratory Exercises

Programming 1 Resources/Simple Java Programming

Use JCreator to type/edit program source code

1. Write a program which produces the following output on screen:

This is my first try
at programming in Java
It is fun!
Use three different string literals to define the lines of the message.

2. Write a program which produces the following output onto the screen (note the blank lines):
This is my first try
at programming in Java
It is fun!
You should again use three different string literals to define the lines of the message.

3. Additional Exercise
(If you have already had a tutorial)
If you have time - copy the code from question 7 of the week 1 tutorial and debug it - taking particular note
of the compiler messages generated for the different errors in the code segment. (If you have not had a
tutorial then it is suggested that you attempt this exercise in your own time after attending your tutorial).
The relevant code segment is shown below:
//

/*

programs need
comments */
class OneOne
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
aString = new String("Well!");
int 2ndString = "Now!";
System.out.println("Isn't this an interesting program);
System.out.println("Answer yes or no!")
}
}

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Week 2/3 Laboratory Exercises
Basic data types, operators and expressions
You should work through the week one laboratory exercises and/or the eclipse tutorial if you
have not already done so.
Once you have completed those tasks you can either practise writing programs in eclipse by
coding up some of the examples you have seen in the tutorials and lectures or you can start
working on the lab exercises below.
These exercises are similar in many respects to the task requuired for assignment 1 so they will
be good practice for the task you will have to complete later on.
1.

Write a program to read the current (I) in amperes and voltage (V) in volts and to compute
the resistance (R) in ohms.
Note: Resistance is given by

R = V/I

Enter V in volts: __
Enter I in amperes: __
Resistance R is: __ ohms

2.

Write a program that will read the marks of 3 students using the Scanner class and display
the following:
(a) average marks
(b) maximum marks
Hint: x = Math.max(a,b); will cause x to be assigned the maximum of a and b
y = Math.max (x, c); will cause y to be assigned the maximum of a, b and c

(c)

3.

Find other such methods in Math class using Java docs (ask lab-assistant)
minimum marks
Similar to part b) but you need to use a different method

Write a program that prompts the user for the two (unequal) sides of a rectangle and then
computes and prints the area and perimeter of the specified rectangle. The prorgram
should display the output in the format below (in one line) using field width of 8 and
precision of 2 digits after the decimal point using printf.
Side1 =

dd.dd Side2 =

dd.dd Area = ddd.dd Perimeter = dddd.dd

Important: You should now use the quiz facility to review the first two chapters.
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Week 4 Laboratory Exercise
While you are waiting to demonstrate your assignment 1 program you should work on the
following lab exercise.
1. Write a program to convert car consumption from one unit to another. Offer the user the
choice of either conversion, kpl to mpg or mpg to kpl. The interface should be:
PREFERRED CONVERSION:
1. kpl to mpg
2. mpg to kpl
Enter your choice: 2
Enter miles per gallon value: mpg_value
The equivalent kilometres per litre is: kpl_value

Use the constants 1 mile = 1609 metres and 1 gallon = 3.785 litres.
Useful formulae:
mpg = (kpl / 1.609) * 3.785
kpl = (mpg * 1.609) / 3.785
Note: the output of the program above should be formatted to 2 decimal places using the
method System.out.printf().

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Week 5 Laboratory Exercises
Q1.

Write an iterative program to accept an amount to invest, an annual interest rate and an
investment period in years, and produce a table of values over the period. The program
should iterate using a for loop and repeated multiplications (not powers) to do the
calculations. The user interface for 10 years should be:

Enter amount to invest:

Enter interest rate:
Enter number of years:
The value after 1 years is: ...
The value after 2 years is: ...
......
The value after 10 years is:...

The formula for annual maturity investments with an interest rate of 5%

(Interest_Rate = 0.05) is:
Value = Initial_Amount (1 + Interest_Rate)

Years

You can implement this calculation by using a loop which multiplies the investment value by a
value of (1 + interest_rate) and resets the investment value to the result of the calculation each
time.
This number of times this loop should repeat is dictated by the length of the investment period
that was supplied.
Q2. An integer number N is prime if it is not divisible by any integer number K such that K2
<= N. To test whether an integer N is prime your program should:
if the number is 1, exit
if the number is negative (but not 1), 0 or 1, display that and start over
loop with the numbers 1....K while (K * K) <= N
if any of the numbers divides N, then N is not prime; display that and start over
(NOTE: you can use the remainder operator % to determine if the factor you are examining
divides into the number you checking for being prime).

otherwise N is prime, display that

Write an iterative program to accept a positive integer as input and determine whether or not
the integer is a prime number. The program should only accept positive integers, and should
quit when a negative number is entered. An example of a user session could be:
Enter an integer number: 61
61 is a prime number
Enter an integer number: -21
Wrong number, integer must be positive
Enter an integer number: 21
21 is not a prime number
Enter an integer number: -1

Note: there is no need to use any function of the mathematics package for these exercises.
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Week 6 Laboratory Exercises
Q1. Implement the Account class discussed in the lectures. Test the Account class using the
driver class outlined below you should copy and paste this code into a file called
TestAccount.java.
Once you have done this compile and run the TestAccount class.
public class TestAccount
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Account mum = new Account("s123","Mercy Brown",1000.0);
Account dad = new Account("g234","David Brown",2000.0);
if (mum.withdraw(100) == false)
System.out.println("mum unable to withdraw");
dad.deposit(150);
dad.transfer(mum,500);
System.out.println("mum bal = "+mum.getBalance());
System.out.println("dad bal = "+dad.getBalance());
}
}

Q2. In this exercise you should write another class similar to the Account class called SAccount
to model a savings account.
The main difference between a normal account and a savings account is that there is a
minimum amount that the balance cannot go below for a savings account.
Implement the SAccount class by doing the following:

As well as defining instance variables for the account name and balance (as shown in
the Account class), include an additional instance variable for the minimum amount.
(examples of instance variable declarations can be found on page 213 of the course notes)

Write a new constructor which, in addition to accepting a name and balance, also
accepts a third argument, the minimum amount to be maintained.
(an example of a constructor definition can be found on page 220 of the course notes)

Include the accessors for the account name and balance as shown in the Account class.
(examples of accessor definitions can be found on page 219 of the course notes)

Define a new accessor for the minimum amount called getMinAmount().

(Hint: refer to the accessor for the balance getBalance() the accessor for the minimum
amount will be similar)

Define the deposit method as shown in the Account class.

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Define the transfer method as shown in the Account class.

(the definitions for the deposit and and transfer methods can be found on pages 216 and 218
of the course notes respectively)

Implement the withdraw() method so that it ensures that the balance is always greater
than the minimum amount that is stored in the corresponding instance variable.
(Hint: the definition of the withdraw() method for the Account class on page 217 of the
course notes checks to make sure that the balance is greater the withdrawal amount - you
will need to something similar in your SAccount class which checks that the balance minus
the minimum balance is greater than or equal to the withdrawal amount).

Define a new method called addInterest() which accepts the interest rate as an
argument, calculates the interest by multiplying the balance by the interest rate and
adds the interest amount to the balance.
NOTE: The interest rate will be supplied as a percentage out of 100, so you will need to
divide the value that is passed in by 100 when doing your calculation.

Once you have implemented your SAccount class save it (to a file called SAccount.java).
Copy and paste the following application class code into a file called TestSAccount.java,
save the file and then compile and run this class.
Notice that the withdraw() and transfer() methods should fail (return false) if withdrawing
the specified amount will leave the balance less than the minimum amount to be
maintained. Verify that final balances printed are the correct values.

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Week 7 Lab Exercises
Test the SAccount class developed in the week 6 lab exercises by implementing an application
that creates and uses SAccount objects as follows:
a) Create an array SAccount references that can hold up to five (5) SAccount objects.
b) Create 5 new SAccount objects based on the information shown below and store the objects
in the array.

Account ID

Account name

Account

Minimum

balance

balance

S1234

Dan

1000

100

S2435

Marcia

3000

750

S4783

Bobby

6500

2000

S1592

Kim

2200

600

S7730

Nancy

4500

1200

c) Deposit $100 to all of the SAccount objects that have a balance greater than $3000 (use
decision statement nested inside a loop to find them)
d) Add 5% interest to all of the SAccount objects.
e) Display the id, name, and total available funds for each SAccount object in the array.
(The total available funds for the SAccount class is the balance minus the mimumum balance)

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COSC 2231 - Programming 1

Week 8/9 Lab Exercises
While you are waiting to demonstrate your assignment 3 program you should start exploring the
new concepts covered in assignment 4 by attempting the following lab exercise.
1) Implement the CAccount class discussed during the tutorial.
2) Write an application that addresses the following requirements:
(make sure you have a copy of the Account class and the SAccount subclass that were
discusssed previously in weekk 5 and 7 in the lectures)
NOTE: Points that are labelled Week 8 deal with concepts covered in the week 7 lecture and points
labelled Week 9 deal mainly with polymorphism and object typecasting (covered in the week 8 lecture).

a) (Week 8) Create an array of Account references that can hold up to six (6) Account (or
Account subclass objects).
b) (Week 8) Fill the array with the following objects:
Account

Account

Account

Account

Minimum

Overdraft

Type

ID

name

balance

balance

limit

Account

A1234

Bob

1000

SAccount

S2435

Jill

3000

CAccount

C6451

Jim

6500

SAccount

S1624

Sally

2800

CAccount

C1198

Joan

4500

Account

A4467

Mike

2500

750
2000
1200
2500

c) (Week 8) Print the basic details details (id, name, balance) for each object in the array to
the screen.
d) (Week 8) Deposit $100 to all accounts that have a balance greater than $3000
e) (Week 8) Transfer $200 from Bob to every other account.
f) (Week 9) Add 2% interest to all SAccount objects - use a loop to locate them
g) (Week 9) Deduct charges from all CAccount objects - again use a loop to locate them.
h) (Week 9) Display the Account type, id, name, and total available funds for each object in
the array.
The total available funds for each of the accounts can be calculated as follows:

For the Account class it is the balance amount

For the SAccount class it is the balance minus the mimumum balance

For the CAccount class (discussed in the tutorial) there is a method you can call
which returns the total available funds

Once you have completed this exercise you should start working on assignment 4, which is
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similar in many ways in terms of general structure and the concepts involved.

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