CS2141 Program One

For this first assignment you are to create an "ASCII art" program which displays a variation of the same shape given different input values. To receive full credit, you must use all of the listed components in your program.

The point of this assignment is to get used to the basic components of C++, practice using the submit program and to get used to the required coding style.

Details

Input

The input will be read from the terminal using cin:

int a;
cin >> a;

If multiple, whitespace separated numbers are supplied at once, >> will give them to you one at a time. No fancy parsing is necessary.

To make it easier to test your program you can also put all the input in a file and pipe the file to the program (the program will treat the contents of the file as if it was typed on the keyboard). This way you don't have to type the test data every time you want to test your application. If the test data was put in "prog1.test" you can run your program like this:

./prog1 < prog1.test

The format of the input will be as follows:

• A series of positive integers (all < 64) seperated by spaces and line breaks (enters).
• A 0 (zero) will be used to indicate the end of the input, and should cause the program to exit.

Example input

5 4 9 1 2 50 0

Output

• The size of the diagram should be 5n x 5n, where n is the input value.
• The diagram should include at least 4 different characters, including '\'.
  
• The diagram should scale depending on the input (that means thickness of "lines", too).
  

1
     

/---\
|.0.|
|..0|
|000|
\---/
     

3
     

///---------\\\
///---------\\\
///---------\\\
|||...000...|||
|||...000...|||
|||...000...|||
|||......000|||
|||......000|||
|||......000|||
|||000000000|||
|||000000000|||
|||000000000|||
\\\---------///
\\\---------///
\\\---------///
     

Additional Requirements

• Your main function must be implemented in the file prog1.cpp.
• You must use at least one function of your own in addition to main
• Your function(s) must be defined in funcs.cpp with the prototype(s) in funcs.h. Be sure to #include the header file in prog1.cpp
• You must make use of at least one array (I would recommend a char[] or char[][] but it is up to you.)
• You must include the iosteam library, and may use string. All other code must be your own.
  • Including the line using namespace std; after the #includes is recommended but not required
• Variables, functions, and indention must follow the Code Style Guidelines
• No global variables. Global constants are okay, just make sure they're declared const.
• If you create any classes, they should be in their own file(s) with a matching name. There must also be a header file (.h) that contains prototypes for all functions and methods. This header file must be included (#include) in prog1.cpp.
• The grading scale I will use is here.
• A Makefile is not required for this assignment. To compile use g++ prog1.cpp funcs.cpp

Hopefully Helpful Hints

• Start Early! It's okay to finish early.
• To access a "lab" machine remotely ssh to: joshua.csl.mtu.edu
• We will be using submit to turn in programs. In a terminal, type submit, then choose the class, then the section, then the program assignment, then the files you want to turn in.
• Make sure you comment your code! Proper documentation and formatting is an important part of your grade.
• If you need help, you can ask your instructors or go to the learning center.

Have fun, and remember that all the usual rules regarding cheating and cooperation are in full effect for this program.