Programming for Engineers

Writing Code

Dr. Murad Alaqtash

College of Engineering
Department of Computer and Communications Engineering

November 13, 2023

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IDE Setup
Code::Blocks

Online IDEs: onlinegdb, Replit

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First program
/*
* File: main.c
* Author: Murad Alaqtash
*/
#include<stdio.h>

int main(){
printf("Salam Alykom\n");
return 0;
}

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Writing a Program

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Writing an Algorithm

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Example
Given an integer N > 0, print a right triangle of *s, with height and base
of N

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Example - Step 1
If N = 4, you would print:
*
**
***
****

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Example - Step 2
What we have done:
print 1 star
print a newline
print 2 stars
print a newline
print 3 stars
print a newline
print 4 stars
print a newline

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Example - Step 3
For N=5:
Count from 1 to 5 (inclusive) call it i
print i stars
print a newline
In general:
Count from 1 to N (inclusive) call it i
print i stars
print a newline

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Example - Step 4
Test your algorithm

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Example - Step 5
Translate to code

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Example - Code
//Count from 1 to N (inclusive) call it i
for(int i=1;i<=N;i++){
//print i stars
//print a newline
}

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Example - Code
//Count from 1 to N (inclusive) call it i
for(int i=1;i<=N;i++){
//print i stars
for(int j=1;j<=i;j++){
printf("*");
}
//print a newline
printf("\n");
}

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Example - Code
//print i stars
void printIStars(int i){
//Count from 1 to i (inclusive) call it j
for(int j = 1; j<=i; j++){
//print a star
printf("*");
}
}
//print a triangle of stars
void printStarTriangle(int n){
//Count from 1 to n (inclusive) call it i
for(int i = 1; i<=n; i++){
//Print i stars
printIStars(i);
//Print a newline
printf("\n");
}
}

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Example - Code (complete)
/*
*File: main.c
*Author: Anybody
*/
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
//print i stars
void printIStars(int i){
//Count from 1 to i (inclusive) call it j
for(int j = 1; j<=i; j++){
printf("*"); //print a star
}
}
//print a triangle of stars
void printStarTriangle(int n){
//Count from 1 to n (inclusive) call it i
for(int i = 1; i<=n; i++){
//Print i stars
printIStars(i);
printf("\n"); //Print a newline
}
}
int main(){
printStarTriangle(6);
return 0;
}

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Exercise 1
The numbers in the table below are the result of executing an algorithm
that has one parameter N, a non-negative integer, and produces
sequences of integers as outputs. For values of N from 0 to 5, the
algorithm produces the following sequences of numbers as outputs.
N Output
0 02
1 3579
2 6 8 10 12 14 16
3 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23
4 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
5 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37

Write a program that generates the numbers in this table. (You

need to pass all the steps for writing a program.)

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Exercise 2
Check for a prime number. Your program takes an integer positive
number, check if its a prime and prints a ”Prime/Not a prime”.

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Exercise 3
Given two rectangles, compute the rectangle that represents their
intersection. You may assume the rectangles are horizontal or vertical.

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