Programming Fundamentals

Tutorial Overview:

Part 1: While Loops
Part 2: 2D While Loops
Part 3: Scanning in Loops
Part 4: Structs and Enums

Part 1: While Loops (15 mins)

In the lectures we have seen 3 types of loops: count, sentinel and conditional.

In this activity your tutor will run through the structure of a while loop, hand-execute a loop and then will convert to a flowchart to working C code.

Tutor demo (10 mins)

The structure of a while loop

while (/* some condition is true */) {
    // loop body
    // execute some code
}

// rest of program

Programming a while loop

Convert the following flowchart to C code and hand execute the program.

Your Turn! (5 mins)

In groups of 3-4 hand execute the following loops writing down what would be output to the terminal:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i = 0;
    while (i < 32) {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        i = i + 2;
    }
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i = 5;
    while (i >= 0) {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        i--;
    }
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i = 0;
    int keep_going = 1;
    while (keep_going == 1) {
        if (i > 3) {
            keep_going = 0;
        }
        i++;
    }
    printf("%d\n", i);
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i;
    while (i > 0) {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        i--;
    }
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i = 0;
    int max = 32;
    while (i < max) {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        max = max + 2;
    }
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int i = 0;
    int keep_going = 0;
    while (keep_going == 1) {
        if (i > 3) {
            keep_going = 0;
        }
        i++;
    }
    printf("%d\n", i);
	return 0;
}

Part 2: 2D Loops (15 mins)

In this activity your tutor will run through the structure of a 2D while loop, hand-execute a loop and then will convert to a flowchart to working C code.

Tutor demo (5 mins)

The structure of a 2D while loop

Programming a 2D while loop

Convert the following flowchart to C code and hand execute the program.

Your Turn! (10 mins)

In groups of 3-4 convert the following patterns to flowcharts or pseudocode:

A OXXX XOXX XXOX XXXO	B OXOX OXOX OXOX OXOX
C OXOO XXXX OXOO OXOO	D XXXX XOOX XOOX XXXX

Part 3: Scanning and Loops (10 mins)

In this section, we'll examine several problems that require scanning and loops. We'll then determine what type of loop involving scanning is required and write the loop condition for each program.

A: Enter a series of integers until you reach a negative number. Then, stop and calculate the sum.	B: Enter numbers until the user presses 'q'. Then, display the count of numbers entered.
C: Scan for prime numbers within a given range until end of input and display them.	D: Scan for integers keeping a cumulative sum, until the sum of entered integers reaches or exceeds the targer sum provided by the user.

Part 4: Structs and Enums (10 mins)

In this section we will create a program Coffee Shop which:

Creates a struct coffee that stores the coffee type (an enum), the number of sugars and the size of a coffee
Creates an enum coffee_type which defines the different types of drinks that con be ordered.
The program will then take in a coffee order and store it in the struct.
The program will then determine the price of the coffee based on the users order, outputting the price to the terminal (stdout).

The cost of the coffee will be determined by the following rules:

The base price is always 4.5.
A LARGE coffee incurs an additional charge.
A LATTE, CAPPUCCINO or MATCHA incurs an additional charge.
Every sugar added incurs an additional charge.

You will be working off of the starter code below:

// coffee_shop.c
//
// Written by YOUR-NAME (zID)
// on TODAYS-DATE 
//
// This program is a simple coffee shop used to demonstrate the use of 
// structs and enums in C. This program takes user input for a coffee order
// and outputs the cost of the order.

#include <stdio.h>

#define LARGE 'L'
#define REGULAR 'R'
#define ADDED_COST 0.5
#define BASE_COST 4.5

// TODO: Define an enum `coffee_type` that stores the different types of coffees 
// the shop sells. These are: LATTEE, CAPPUCCINO, ESPRESSO, AMERICANO & MATCHA.

// TODO: Define a struct `coffee` that stores 
// 1. the coffee type (an enum)
// 2. the number of sugars 
// 3. the size of a coffee 

int main(void) {
    // TODO: Initalise a variable for the struct

    printf("Enter coffee type (0: LATTE, 1: CAPPUCCINO, 2: ESPRESSO, \
            3: AMERICANO, 4: MATCHA): ");
    
    // TODO: take user input

    printf("Enter number of sugars: ");
    // TODO: take user input

    printf("Enter size (L for Large, R for Regular): ");
    // TODO: take user input

    // TODO: Calculate cost of order

	printf("Total cost: %.2lf\n", total_cost);
	return 0;
}