ASCII Figures

(Latest Revision: August 23 2010)

FIRST CS 1500 SOLO PROGRAM
Making ASCII Figures

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Write a program that prints this output:


                  _          _
                 ('<        >')
                \(_)________( \
                 (___________)\\
                    (     )     \
                     |   |
                     |   |
                     |   |
                    _|   |_
                   (_______)lc

             __,,__
         _,-"      "-,_
       ,"              "-,
      /                   \
      |                    \
      ;     ,    /          \
       \   ( "-,/            \
        \   \  /  /\   (\/)\  \
         |  ) {  /\ \      }\  }
        /  /  | |  \ [  = =| | |
       |  /   / |   \ ~\  /  | \
       ) \    ) \,  / ((_o) ,/ (
        "'    '~"   "'       "~`

The figures your program prints must be exactly like the ones shown, in every way. (If you work smart with your editor it won't take long to write the program. Ask me for some hints in class.)

To refamiliarize yourself with the basic steps required for doing a programming assignment, please refer to the directions for the Hello World! practice assignment.

To see some sample code similar in structure to what you need to make for this assignment, see makeBee.cpp

Note About A Small Glitch: Some of the characters in the figures above are "backslashes" as in the third line of the birds and bath figure:

\(_)________( \

The backslash has a special meaning in C++. It is used as an escape character. Therefore you must use the escape sequence \\ for each single backslash you want to print. For example, the C++ statement:

cout << "\\" ;

prints one single backslash, and this one:

cout << "\\\\" ;

prints just two backslashes.

Note also that the bear figure above contains double quote characters (and backslashes too). Like the backslash, the double quote has to be escaped with a leading backspace. For example, this statement:

cout << "\"' '~\"" ;

prints this:

"' '~"

If you don't escape a double quote in a cout statement, then naturally the compiler would interpret the double quote as the delimiter indicating the end of the string you want written to the screen. So that explains why double quotes need to be escaped, right? The FOURTH double quote in the cout statement above is the one that actually delimits the end of the string to be printed.

WHAT TO TURN IN:

You will be sending me two e-mail messages. Please follow these rules:

Always send me e-mail as plain text in the main message body. Never send me attachments.
Always use the exact subject line I specify for each message. This will assure that I am able to find your message. You will lose a significant amount of credit for this assignment if you don't use the correct subject line. (Read more about this below.)
Be very careful when you send the e-mail. You may use the instructions in your Hello World! lab excercise for guidance. Of course, you will need to make the obvious changes to those directions -- you have to use the correct subject line and filename.
Always send yourself a copy of each e-mail message you send to me, check immediately to see if you receive the message intact, and check within a few minutes to see if you have received e-mail notifiying you about an undeliverable message. You are responsible for sending e-mail correctly.

Here is the list of things you have to turn in:

At the start of class on the due date place the following item on the "counter" in front of me
- a hardcopy (printed listing) of your program (the C++ source code). Make sure all the code is properly formatted and that it all shows on the paper.
Before midnight on the the due date send me the following by e-mail:
- A copy of the source code (C++ code) with subject line:
  
  CS1500Prog1f
- and a (filtered) script showing a test run of the program, with subject line:
  
  CS1500Scrp1f

Note that there are no spaces in the subject lines given above. It is important that you do not insert any spaces. The easiest way to make sure you are using the correct subject line is to just select, copy, and paste it into the appropriate location when you are composing the e-mail.

My e-mail address is: john@ishi.csustan.edu

DUE DATES:

For the due dates, see the class schedule.

In case you are interested, I didn't create the ascii art I used for this assignment. I found it somewhere on the world wide web. If you are interested in seeing more examples, just use the keywords "ascii art collection" in a search engine.

FIRST CS 1500 SOLO PROGRAM Making ASCII Figures

FIRST CS 1500 SOLO PROGRAM
Making ASCII Figures