(Latest Revision: 04/09/2000)

FOURTH CS 1500 SOLO PROGRAM: Writing a Simple Loop

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this programming assignment is to get you started writing and using loops in your programs.

THE ASSIGNMENT:Your assignment is to write a program that inputs a number from the user and then writes a little message that many times.

INPUT: The program must prompt for and read the number of repetitions desired by the user.

OUTPUT: After the user enters the number of repetitions the program must do some error-checking. If the user did not enter a number between 1 and 100, inclusive, then the program must output an error message and stop. If the number of repetitions is within the legal range, then the program must write a one-line message that many times. You may choose your own message for this program.

EXAMPLE OUTPUT: Examine the sample script to get an idea of how it should look when you run the program.
WHAT TO TURN IN: Before midnight on the due date, e-mail the following two items to me:

  1. A copy of the source code, properly documented.
  2. A filtered script showing ten appropriate test runs with different kinds of input.
My e-mail address is: john@ishi.csustan.edu

Please use the following subject lines exactly for the e-mails:

For the source file: CS1500_Solo4_Source

and for the script file: CS1500_Solo4_Script.

Note that there are no spaces in these subject lines. If you like, you can copy and paste the subject lines right from this document.

Thanks! Your use of these subject lines will really be a big help to me when I try to sort through the perhaps hundred e-mail messages that will be in my electronic mailbox!

WHEN IS THIS ASSIGNMENT DUE?

Look for the due date in the class schedule. (It's at the top level of the class directory.)