Software Design and Implementation
T4: Fruitful Functions
Paired assignment T4 should be completed with a partner. Please
change facilitator/recorder pairs. If you were the facilitator last
time, please record this time. If you were the recorder last time,
please facilitate this time.
The instructions
For the remainder of this teamwork, please use the following roles:
- Facilitator: Reads the
questions aloud, keeps track of time, and makes sure both partners
contribute appropriately.
- Recorder: Fully
contributes in discussions then records all questions and answers.
- If there is a third partner, they should serve as a Quality
Control Officer: Considers how the answers could be deeper, and
how the team could work and learn more effectively.
All partners should create a Microsoft Word file
called yourusername-t4.docx where yourusername is appropriately
replaced. e.g. Mine would be pearcej-t4.docx
- Facilitator and Quality Control Officer: Submitted file contains
only the name of the assignment, and the names and roles of all
team members. For example:
- Teamwork T4 Fruitful
Functions
- Facilitator: Ashley
Aiken
- Recorder: Jan Pearce
- Submitted file contains only the name of the assignment, the
names and roles of all team members, and answers to the questions.
- Teamwork T4 Fruitful
Functions
- Facilitator: Ashley
Aiken
- Recorder: Jan Pearce
- Followed by answers to all of the following:
I. Area of Circle
- Using the "Forward>"
button, step through each of the following steps of code in the
box below, briefly explaining in your report what each of the 15
steps does and how the existence and value of each variable
changes at each step. Label these as 1, 2, 3, ... , 15
- In which step does
r_str
first get a value? Where
does this value come from?
- In which step does
r_val
first get a value? Where
does this value come from?
- Describe the difference between the value stored in
r_str
and r_val
after step 8 of the program.
- In which steps does
radius
exist as a variable?
i.e. Where does this value first come from?
- In which steps does
result
exist as a variable?
Where does this value first come from?
- What happens to
radius
and result
when
the flow of execution returns to the main()
function?
- In which step does
area_val
first get a value?
Where does this value come from?
II. The modulus (%) operator
- Using the "Forward>"
button, step through each of the 16 steps of code in the box
below, briefly explain in your report what each step does and how
the existence and value of each variable changes at each step.
Label these 1, 2, 3, ... , 16
- In which steps do
x
and y
exit?
Where do these values first come from?
- Explain why
remainder = x % y
followed by if
remainder == 0
gives information about y
going into x
evenly.
- In which steps does the variable
remainder
exist?
Where does this value first come from?
- Explain how the following code works:
if
is_divisible(n_val, d_val)
in the way we would hope.
Be
sure ALL team members submit files named yourusername(s)-t4.docx
before
leaving the classroom. Also be sure all team members have exchanged
these files before leaving the classroom.