26/02/2019 COMP1511 - Programming Fundamentals - 18s1

COMP1511 18s1 (webcms) Code Examples from Lectures on functions COMP1511 18s1 (flask)

quadratic.c
 
Lecture example illustrating simple function  

#include <stdio.h>

// given x calculate value of polynomial with coefficients a, b, c

double evaluate_quadratic(double a, double b, double c, double x) {

return (a * x * x) + (b * x) + c;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

double x;
printf("Enter x: ");
scanf("%lf", &x);

double value = evaluate_quadratic(2.0, -3.0, 4.0, x);

printf("2x^2 - 3x + 4 = %lf\n", value);

return 0;
}

quadratic_root.c
 
Lecture example illustrating simple function  

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

// given x calculate value of polynomial with coefficients a, b, c

double quadratic_root(double a, double b, double c) {

return (-b + sqrt(b * b - 4 * a * c)) / (2 * a);
}

double evaluate_quadratic(double a, double b, double c, double x) {

return (a * x * x) + (b * x) + c;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

double a, b, c;
printf("Enter a: ");
scanf("%lf", &a);
printf("Enter b: ");
scanf("%lf", &b);
printf("Enter c: ");
scanf("%lf", &c);

double root = quadratic_root(a, b, c);

printf("Calculated root is %lf\n", root);

double value = evaluate_quadratic(a, b, c, root);

printf("The value of the quadratic for %lf is %lf\n", root, value);

return 0;
}

cube.c
 
Simple lecture example of using functions  

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#include <stdio.h>

// calculate x to the power of 3

double cube(double x) {
double result;
result = x * x * x;
return result;
}

int main(void) {
double a, b;
printf("42 cubed is %lf\n", cube(42.03));
a = 2;
b = cube(a);
printf("2 cubed is %lf\n", b);
return 0;
}

print_messages.c
 
Simple lecture example of using functions  

#include <stdio.h>

void print_hundred_messages(void);
void print_ten_messages(void);
void print_message(void);

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

print_hundred_messages();
return 0;
}

void print_hundred_messages(void) {
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
print_ten_messages();
}

void print_ten_messages(void) {
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
print_message();
}

void print_message(void) {
printf("C is good.\n");
printf("C is great.\n");
printf("We all love C.\n");
}

call_by_value.c
 
Simple example illustrating call by value  

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#include <stdio.h>

int f(int x) {
int y;
// these assignments will have no effect on variables
// outside the function
x = x + 1;
y = 3;
return x * y;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

int x, y , z;
x = 1;
y = 2;
z = f(y);
// note the variables x & y are local to main
// and are not changed by assignment to variables
// of the same name in f
printf("x=%d y=%d z=%d\n", x, y, z);
return 0;
}

fact_and_fib.c
 
Simple recursive calculation of factorials & Fibonacci numbers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number  
 
Fibonacci calculation is very inefficient  
 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int fibonacci(int n) {
if (n < 2) {
return 1;
}
return fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n-2);
}

int factorial(int n) {
if (n < 2) {
return 1;
}
return n * factorial(n - 1);
}

int main(void) {
int x;

printf("Enter number: ");

scanf("%d", &x);

printf("factorial %d = %d\n", x, factorial(x));

printf("fibonacci %d = %d\n", x, fibonacci(x));

return 0;
}

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