[SOLVED] CmpE150-Introduction to Computing Assignment 1

Description

You will write a Java program to implement the ASCII stickman climbing the stairs below using two parameters stickmanHeight as the height of the stickman and stairHeight as the height of the stairs. One example run is given below, other example outputs are provided as .txt files. Please read the assignment description and check out the example outputs before beginning to write any code. Example Run: stickmanHeight = 5, stairHeight = 2

O

/|\

|       ___||  |    ___|***|

/ \___|******|

O

/|\

|

|    ___||    / \___|***|

___|******|

O

/|\

|

|

/ \___||

___|***|

___|******|

Please make sure you follow these rules in your implementation:

1. Your program should have at least two static methods in addition to your main method. Try

to write your program as modular as possible (without overusing methods).

2. You are not allowed to generate the entire picture or any single line using printing statements such as System.out.print or System.out.println, with the exceptions:
   • The head of the stickman (“ O “),
   • The arms and torso of the stickman (“/|\”), and
   • The legs of the stickman (“/ \”)

For example, you cannot have a statement that says:

System.out.println(“___|***|”);

It was intended to be generated using for loops.

3. Assume that stickmanHeight will be greater than stairHeight +2. (In other words, stairHeight + 2 < stickmanHeight) Also, stairHeight will always be greater than or equal zero.
4. Try to minimize the number of for loops you use.
5. We have given you a part of the code for the main method in arguments.java file. This code runs your program with arguments given to stickmanHeight and stairHeight

Copy this code to your own .java file. To test and run your program with arguments, click Run -> Run Configurations -> Arguments -> Program Arguments. Enter two integers here, and then click run at the bottom of the window. These two integers represent stickmanHeight and stairHeight respectively.

Implementation Details:

• Think of the stickman as a rectangle with dimensions 3 x stickmanHeight. The parts with the      head or just the torso (“ | “) of the stickman should have one blank space around them.
• Stairs are formed of 3 parts:

1. The floor part which is fixed (“___”),
2. The beginning and the end of the stair (“|………|”),
3. The filling pattern between the beginning and the end of the stair (******).

• The amount of blank spaces between the stickman and the stairs, and the filling pattern inside the stairs (the number of stars) are both multiples of 3. The amount of blank lines after a single  frame is outputted is exactly 3.
• The amount of blank lines at the beginning of each output frame is also important. Each frame should have the same total height, which has the relation stickmanHeight + stairHeight.
• A frame is each printed pattern, like every single step the stickman takes. See the image below.
• The appearance of the output and the values of parameters may be confusing, so interpret stickmanHeight and stairHeight as starting from the bottom of the figure and assume each line has height of 1 unit. For example, in the below example stickmanHeight = 5 and stairHeight is 2, not 3.

Project report should consist of five sections. These are:

1. Problem Description: In this section, you should describe the problem in your own words.
2. Problem Solution: In this section, you should specify the concepts (methods, for loop, etc.) that you use in your program. Explain each one (i.e. why you need it, what you accomplish by using it, so on.). Report how many for loops you use.
3. Implementation: This section will include your whole code with comments. You need to pay attention to indentation in order to improve readability.
   • Do not forget to explain each variable that you use (i.e. int count = 0; // count is the number of items).
   • Before each method, specify what the method does (i.e. /* This method … */)

4. Output of the program: A screenshot of your program output should be put in this section.

Two example runs are enough.

5. Conclusion: You should evaluate your work here. State whether you have solved the problem correctly. If not, state what is missing, what could have been improved, and so on.

Your .java file should be named with your initials and your student number together (e.g.,

OS2013800027). If you have Turkish characters as your initials, please change them to non-

Turkish. (Example: ÖS2013800027 should be OS2013800027) You will submit these over Moodle as a single zip file where the file name is your student number. Your zip file should consist of your .java file and your report in .doc or .pdf format. Do not use any Turkish

characters in your code, class/variable names, or .java file names.