COMP1511 Revision Characters Exercises

In ASCII the integers (0-31) represent control characters, which don't print anything. Similarly, the integer 127 represents another special character, the delete character. The integers 32 to 126 are printing characters - for example the integer 42 represents an asterisk ('*') character.

Create a C program called character_numbers.c which prints the integers 32 to 126 in decimal and hexadecimal with the the character they represent in ASCII.

Match the example output below EXACTLY:

dcc character_numbers.c -o character_numbers
./character_numbers
 32 0x20
 33 0x21 !
 34 0x22 "
 35 0x23 #
 36 0x24 $
 37 0x25 %
 38 0x26 &
 39 0x27 '
 40 0x28 (
 41 0x29 )
 42 0x2a *
 43 0x2b +
 44 0x2c ,
 45 0x2d -
 46 0x2e .
 47 0x2f /
 48 0x30 0
 49 0x31 1
 50 0x32 2
 51 0x33 3
 52 0x34 4
 53 0x35 5
 54 0x36 6
 55 0x37 7
 56 0x38 8
 57 0x39 9
 58 0x3a :
 59 0x3b ;
 60 0x3c <
 61 0x3d =
 62 0x3e >
 63 0x3f ?
 64 0x40 @
 65 0x41 A
 66 0x42 B
 67 0x43 C
 68 0x44 D
 69 0x45 E
 70 0x46 F
 71 0x47 G
 72 0x48 H
 73 0x49 I
 74 0x4a J
 75 0x4b K
 76 0x4c L
 77 0x4d M
 78 0x4e N
 79 0x4f O
 80 0x50 P
 81 0x51 Q
 82 0x52 R
 83 0x53 S
 84 0x54 T
 85 0x55 U
 86 0x56 V
 87 0x57 W
 88 0x58 X
 89 0x59 Y
 90 0x5a Z
 91 0x5b [
 92 0x5c \
 93 0x5d ]
 94 0x5e ^
 95 0x5f _
 96 0x60 `
 97 0x61 a
 98 0x62 b
 99 0x63 c
100 0x64 d
101 0x65 e
102 0x66 f
103 0x67 g
104 0x68 h
105 0x69 i
106 0x6a j
107 0x6b k
108 0x6c l
109 0x6d m
110 0x6e n
111 0x6f o
112 0x70 p
113 0x71 q
114 0x72 r
115 0x73 s
116 0x74 t
117 0x75 u
118 0x76 v
119 0x77 w
120 0x78 x
121 0x79 y
122 0x7a z
123 0x7b {
124 0x7c |
125 0x7d }
126 0x7e ~

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest character_numbers

getchar() reads the next character (byte) from standard input and returns it. If getchar() is unable to read a character it will return the special value EOF defined in stdio.h. This will happen for example when reading from a file when the end of the file is reached.

You can simulate the end of a file being reached on a Linux (and Unix-like) terminal by holding the Ctrlkey and pressing the D key - This will cause getchar() to return the special EOF value.

putchar() takes a single character (byte) as a parameter and prints it to standard output.

For example:

dcc parrot.c -o parrot
./parrot
abc
abc
ABCabc123
ABCabc123
abc
abc
xyz
xyz

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest parrot

You should make sure you have completed parrot before completing this task.

Write a program text_to_int.c which reads characters and prints their decimal values, each on a new line.

Copy your parrot.c file and use it as a starting point.

For example:

dcc text_to_int.c -o text_to_int
./text_to_int
abc
97
98
99
10
17
49
55
10
Hello, world!
72
101
108
108
111
44
32
119
111
114
108
100
33
10
17 is my favourite number.
49
55
32
105
115
32
109
121
32
102
97
118
111
117
114
105
116
101
32
110
117
109
98
101
114
46
10

Note in the above example the decimal value 10 is the new line character.

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest text_to_int

Download lowercase.c here, or copy it to your CSE account using the following command:

cp -n /web/cs1511/20T1/activities/lowercase/lowercase.c .

Your task is to add code to this function in lowercase.c:

// Returns the specified character `c`, in lowercase.
int lowercase(int c) {
    // Your code goes here!
    // Don't forget to return your result.
    return 0;
}

Here is how lowercase.c should behave after you add the correct code to the function lowercase:

dcc lowercase.c -o lowercase
./lowercase
ABC
abc
ABCabc123
abcabc123
123!@#
123!@#

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest lowercase

Download uppercase.c here, or copy it to your CSE account using the following command:

cp -n /web/cs1511/20T1/activities/uppercase/uppercase.c .

Your task is to add code to this function in uppercase.c:

int uppercase(int c) {
    // PUT YOUR CODE HERE

    return 0; // change to your return value
}

Here is how uppercase.c should behave after you add the correct code to the function uppercase:

dcc uppercase.c -o uppercase
./uppercase
abc
ABC
ABCabc123
ABCABC123
123!@#
123!@#

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest uppercase

Download rotate_one.c here, or copy it to your CSE account using the following command:

cp -n /web/cs1511/20T1/activities/rotate_one/rotate_one.c .

Your task is to add code to this function in rotate_one.c:

// "Rotate" the letter by one, i.e. change 'a' to 'b', 'b' to 'c',
// 'z' to 'a'.
int rotateOne(int c) {
    // Your code goes here!
    // Don't forget to return your result.
    return 0;
}

This means that if the input is 'a', the output should be 'b'. 'z' becomes 'a' and 'Z' becomes 'A'.

Any non-letter characters should be returned unchanged.

Here is how rotate_one.c should behave after you add the correct code to the function rotate_one:

dcc rotate_one.c -o rotate_one
./rotate_one
Hello, world!
Ifmmp, xpsme!
17 is my favourite number.
17 jt nz gbwpvsjuf ovncfs.

When you think your program is working you can use autotest to run some simple automated tests:

1511 autotest rotate_one