Turing Projects for Newbs!

[Gadd]

Hey guys, I wanted to help a few people out because I read a lot of messages and hear a lot of people say "I know how to code only if I knew what to code." So I am going to give you guess a bunch of questions... don't worry I will first tell you what it's about. example: loops... when I say that I mean, sure you can use if's and 500 lines of code but I want you to solve the problem WITH LOOPS!!! you can submit the code for checking if you want / questioning.

PART 1!!! before we start this isnt a tutorial on HOW TO USE (said wanted thing here) but ways you can practice and make examples / solving problems!

Documenting code wouldn't be that bad of an idea btw. When I say this Im telling you that you SHOULD.. just saying. Take note of things that didn't work, learn to solve .. and write it down. It will help you be a better programmer

IF you do know programming and just wanna mess around and have something to practice with this helps too


Chapter 1 - Introduction:
QUIZ
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1. put "This is"
put "a program"

2. put "3*4 is equal to" ..
put 3*4

3. put "first line"..
put "second line"
put "third line"

4. put "3*7=",31
put "20/4+2=",20/4+2

5. What does the comma do on a "put" line?
6. What does the ".." do at the end of a put line?

DO:

1. Write a program that lists the addresses of 5 people. Include their name, street, city, postal code and phone number. Put each piece of information on a separate line, and have a blank line between each person's information.

For example:

Dan Scott
35 programmer st.
Location, ON
K8C Q1I
234-3421
?

2. Output can be formatted when it is output. Create a new program with the line

put "how many digits are seen here?",1/6
put "how many here?", 1/6:10:2

Run this simple program, and determine what the ":10" and the ":2" does to the program.

The ":10" at the end of the second line keeps the output to 10 spaces. Write a
program that makes 4 calculations that involve many decimal points. (e.g. 4/9).
Format the output so that the first calculation has 2 decimal points, the second calculation has 3 decimal points, and so on.

3. Write a program to calculate the Ontario tax on a pair of jeans that cost $49.99. Format the output and include an appropriate message.

4. Write a program to calculate the perimeter of a box with length 4.49m and width 10.29m. Calculate the area of the box too. Format both measurements to 2 decimal places.

5. When you use the formatting to "reserve space" for output, you can create a set of data that looks properly aligned. For example, you could get the data to look like:

Name Address Age School
John 12 Smith St. 18 NDCHS
Sarah 123 High St. 22 CPHS
Car 1 Lost Rd. 8 St. Mary's

Create a table that looks like this for 5 people.

(Remember this)

Turing:

put "":10, "Hello"

6. Write a program that creates a "bill of sale" for a company of your choice. The output for this program should "look like" a bill you would receive from any store: name of the store, address, time, etc. as well as the items purchased and their costs. For this assignment, your bill should include at least 3 items. There should be a total, as well as GST and PST calculations on the bottom of the bill. Whenever possible, you should use the techniques for formatting output outlined in this chapter. ex, put "":10, "HEY"

Here it is for Chapter 1. If you guys want some more chapters I will be glad to make them.. If Im allowed I can make all 11 chapters into one big thread.. if I get permission Happy easter!!

[Dreadnought]

Nice idea, this reminds me of the first days of programming class when we learned Turing.

Two comments:

Gadd wrote:

4. put "3*7=",31

I think that's a typo (shouldn't it be 21).

Gadd wrote:

5. When you use the formatting to "reserve space" for output, you can create a set of data that looks properly aligned. For example, you could get the data to look like:

Name Address Age School
John 12 Smith St. 18 NDCHS
Sarah 123 High St. 22 CPHS
Car 1 Lost Rd. 8 St. Mary's

I know there are tab characters but they don't show up (for me anyway), in this case it sorta defeats the purpose
Try using code tags. Note that I used spaces instead of tab characters (it lets you control the spacing a bit more).

code:

Name    Address        Age      School John    12 Smith St.   18       NDCHS Sarah   123 High St.   22       CPHS Car     1 Lost Rd.      8       St. Mary's

[Gadd]

Well, that could be the documents fault, it's some of the stuff we were using to learn at school so ..