Homework 2: Bases & Programs

Due: Tuesday 9/20 by 1pm

Objectives

  1. Practice converting numbers between bases.

  2. Writing and submitting your first C programs.

The Assignment

Note: Question 1 & 2 should be completed on paper and turned in physically.

  1. Convert the following decimal (base 10) numbers into octal (base 8) and hexadecimal (base 16):
    53
    124
    255
    You may use a calculator, but you must how all of your work.

  2. Convert the following hexadecimal (base 16) numbers into octal (base 8) and decimal (base 10):
    F9
    147
    3AF72
    You may use a calculator, but you must how all of your work.

  3. Write a C program that prints out the following poem with the restriction that your program can have at most 3 printf statements. (Note: the output from your program must have the same punctuation and indentation shown below.) 

    There was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket
   But his daughter, named Nan,
   Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

    Name your program hw2-3.c and submit your program using 

    submit cs104_chang hw02 hw2-3.c

  4. We saw in class that the %d placeholder can be used in printf statements to print out integer values. You can also use %x to print out integer values in hexadecimal and %o to print out integer values in octal. Play around with %x and %o in your program. Now write a program that gives you the answers to question #1 of this assignment.

    Name your program hw2-4.c and submit your program using 

    submit cs104_chang hw02 hw2-4.c

    Use the script Unix command to record yourself compiling and running this program. (Remember to 'exit' after you are done.) Then, submit the typescript file: 

    submit cs104_chang hw02 typescript

  5. (Extra Credit) Write a C program that gives you the answers to question #2 of this homework assignment. Look up "hexadecimal constant". Name your program hw2-5.c and submit it using: 

    submit cs104_chang hw02 hw2-5.c

Be sure to logout completely when you have finished!