| Title |
Intermediate Programming in C and C++
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| Credits |
3
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| Course Coordinator |
Erez Zadok
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| Description |
Intermediate programming concepts using the C language in a UNIX environment. Files, systems calls, stream I/O, the C preprocessor, bitwise operations, the use of makefiles, advanced formatting of input and output, conversions. Introduction to object-oriented programming using C++; classes, objects, inheritance, aggregation, and overloading. Suitable for all majors.
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| Prerequisite |
CSE 130 or CSE 220 or ESE 124 or ESG 111 or BME 120 or MEC 102
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| Course Outcomes |
- Provide a systematic introduction to the C language and C++ for students who have been previously exposed to another high-level programming language.
- Introduce aspects of the UNIX operating system relevant to developing C programs, such as utilities, system calls, and standard libraries
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| Textbook |
- A Book on C , by Al Kelly and Ira Pohl, Addison-Wesley, Fourth Edition 1998. ISBN: 0-201-18399-4
- C How to Program, by Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel, Prentice Hall, Fourth Edition 2004. ISBN: 0-13-142644-3 (covers both C and C++)
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| Major Topics Covered in Course |
- Basic control structures
- Expressions
- Data types
- Functions and parameter passing
- Program structures
- Pointers and arrays
- Strings
- Unix I/O interface
- Input and output system calls
- Program creation and debugging tools
- Classes and types
- Inheritance and object-oriented programming
- Exceptions and templates
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| Laboratory |
- 1 week: write program to create an output file containing a customized loan amortization table, based on user inputs.
- 2 weeks: Write a C program that prompts the user for an integer number as a year and prints the calendar for that year in a nice and readable format of your choice
- 2 weeks: write a program to prompt the user for the color bands of a resistor, and then calculate its resistance in Ohms.
- 2 weeks: write a program to read one input file and write an output file, replacing strings that match in the first with another string.
- 3 weeks: write a program to read an input file that stores student grades in a specific database-like format, then compute and sort the final course grades for each student.
- 4 weeks, class project: write a program to play Draw Poker with a player, displaying cards graphically.
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| Course Webpage |
CSE230
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