Questions tagged [homework]
Questions requesting help with school homework. This tag lets potential answerers know that they should GUIDE the student in solving the problem, rather than showing a complete solution. CAUTION: Before posting, consider that classmates may be tempted to reuse code from your post. (Read the tag wiki.)
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Naive implementation of sort inplace
I had the following assignment for the Python 101 course I'm taking in my university.
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2 player dice game, where even total gains points and odd total loses points NEA task computer science
This is a game for two users who roll 2 dice 5 times. If the total of dice is even the player gains 10 points if it is odd, they lose 5.
If there it is a draw after five rounds then the both users ...
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A game that deals a high card to one of two players [closed]
So for my class, I have to design a game that will deal out one card to for each player. I also need to use functions to accomplish this one for the high card game, and another for the face value of ...
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Insect combinatorics challenge
Below is the problem taken from Berkeley's Cs61A page here
Question 9: Insect Combinatorics*
Consider an insect in an M by N grid. The insect starts at the bottom left corner, (0, 0), and ...
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Getting saddle points of a matrix
My homework assignment:
Write a function called saddle that finds saddle points in the input matrix M. For the purposes of this problem, a saddle point is defined as an element whose value is ...
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Quiz programme for GCSE
I made a quiz programme for my GCSE Computer Science NEA. I just want to make sure it is OK to submit.
There are also 5 files:
Usernames,
Passwords,
Song Names,
Artist Names and
High Scores.
Any ...
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Cash-withdrawal from an ATM
I'm seeking review comments (design, performance, etc.) based on the problem statement:
Write a CashWithDrawal function from an ATM which based on user
specified amount dispenses bank notes. ...
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Guess user number between 0 and 100 (Binary Search)
I am at the beginning of learning python and one of my homeworks (in chapter regarding loops) where to write a code that would guess user number between 1 - 100.
I believe I used algorithm called ...
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Python program to solve matrix-chain multiplication
An assignment at school required me to write a Python program for this task:
In the matrix-chain multiplication problem, we are given a sequence of
matrices ...
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Calculator final project in Python
In my final project for my Python course, I am required to create a calculator program. I really need someone to look over my code and tell me if I have met all the requirements for this project.
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Turing machine schoolwork
Our teacher doesn't give much feedback on our code itself. Was just looking for some feedback on how I could improve on this. This is the method that tests the string against the Turing machine that ...
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Python program to print all permutations of a string in lexicographic order using recursion
An assignment at school required me to print all permutations of a string in lexicographic or dictionary order.
Here is my solution to the task -
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Array Stutter Implementation
I was assigned this homework assignment to complete. The question originates from CodeStepByStep. Below is the prompt for the question:
Write a function stutter that takes an array of Strings as a ...
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Count all vowels in string
For a homework assignemnt, I was asked to complete this CodeStepByStep problem. It's coded correctly and gave me a right answer. I'm just wondering if there's an easier way to solve this problem ...
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Python program to find the subarray with maximum sum
An assignment at school required me to write a program for this task using Kadane's algorithm (explained here):
Define the function find_max_subarray that ...
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Get all possible subsets from a set of distinct integers using OOP
An assignment at school required me to write a program for this task:
Create a class and define two methods in the class.
Method ...
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Calculate function with optional operator argument
I am currently learning javascript at university. We have an assignment where we shall write various functions for calculating values. In one case, we shall write a function which returns the sum of ...
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Sum of Two Matrices
For a homework assignment, I was asked to do this problem. It worked, but it looks messy in my opinion. I want to know if this is the best way to accomplish this task, and if there can be any ...
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Optimize printing massive strings to System.out with respect to time
I need to cut the time it takes to print a large string by ~50%.
I went from using s1 + s2 to using StringBuilder, and instead ...
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Split calculation string into parts
Our professor has given us the following task (its part of a bigger document full of tasks):
Write a function in C that handles strings like "233+343" and parse them into the variables "iNum1", "cOp" ...
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CS50 - Bleep suggestions
I finished CS50's bleep.py from pset6. I was hoping to get some feedback on my code (e.g., redundant code, bad practice, etc...).
Program function
load in a dictionary of banned words
accept a ...
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'Snakes and Ladders' game
I made this game of snakes and ladders for school, and it has to have:
Multiple players
Player Names
Random Dice roll
Snakes and ladders (obviously!)
Subroutines
It is currently 124 lines, ...
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Add three integers and report the sign of the sum
I am in my first high school programming course; the assignment is:
Write a program that asks the user to input three integers and outputs
a message indicating their sum and whether it is ...
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Sort numbers in ascending order using Python
This is Python code to sort the numbers in ascending order (It's my school task). How does it look?
It works, but I think that this can be improved.
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Graph implementation using FIFO lists
I've made a little implementation of an undirected graph, using FIFO lists, for one of my homeworks. Never really knew how to write a proper FIFO data structure, so I would be glad to see some opinion ...
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Searching extreme points of polyhedron
In my Uni, my scientific professor asked me to make some researches about the extreme points of polyhedrals. And I did them. I found that there is still no code in public for searching extreme points ...
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Dungeon Crawl game for the terminal
I am learning C++ and I attempted to do one exercise I found: Dungeon Crawl. The goal of this game is to reach the treasure by moving your character along the board.
The exercise asks not to use ...
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Calculating the number of coins in money change
I wrote a program that calculates the minimum number of coins required to give a user change.
One concern I have is: When do we initialize the value of a float to be negative or positive? I recently ...
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Linux cat command in C
I wrote my own implementation of the linux cat command in C for my computer laboratory class. We were asked to replicate its functionality with no options passed as arguments or with just the -b, -n ...
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RSS feed viewer in Clojure
This semester a classmate and I visited a course on functional programming in our university. For grading, we've to submit a small project which should be written in Clojure and make use of functional ...
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Small terminal Tic Tac Toe game
I'm new to Python and I just finished a school assignment where I had to make a tictactoe game with focus on OOP. I would love to get some pointers on how I can clean up my code (especially my ...
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Linked list implementation C++
I hope this is the right way of doing things: I've previously posted a request for a code review and gotten feedback. Now I have new improved code that I would like a code review on again. Old: C++ ...
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Game of Rock paper and scissors against a random bot
I have to do a project on a game of rock, paper, and scissors, and the code I have so far is a complete code for the game, but my professor does not like it since it is too redundant. Is there anyway ...
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C++ linked list iterator implementation
I'm a first year computer engineering student and would appreciate feedback on some code.
I've created a linked-list with an iterator to be able to range for loops like: ...
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Naïve RSA decryption in Python
I am making a code with basic RSA encryption/decryption. My professor wants me to speed up this function but it is already so simple and I am lost. Any ideas?
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Console Ultimate Tic Tac Toe game
Last week I wrote a C++ program on Ultimate Tic Tac Toe. The issue was that the program was a bit lengthy (~230 lines) and it is needed to be around 150 lines.
I absolutely am not asking you to go ...
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Brute-force cracker for hashed passwords
I want to crack the password hash.
This is my data which I want to display the username and the passwords.
This is my code
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Java homework exercises working with 2D arrays
For an assignment to study up on an incoming exam, I have to make these little functions. These are review style functions that make sure we know the algorithms and code necessary to do well on the ...
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Minesweeper game using Winforms
I made a Minesweeper for school and it works already. The only problem I have is that I need to optimize one part of my code but I have no idea how. The code below is for the whole program. The second ...
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Skyscraper puzzle solver in Java [closed]
For an assignment, I have created a solver for the Skyscraper Puzzle:
Each puzzle consists of an N×N grid with some clues along its sides. The object is to place a skyscraper in each square, with a ...
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User input happy birthday program
For self-study homework I made a Java program that takes user input, creates people as objects, and says "Happy Birthday" to each person.
I am just wondering what mistakes I made here or how it could ...
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JavaScript DOM Implementation
I'm supposed to create a website that adds multiple forms to the page, is responsive and checks if the inputs are valid (validation is not important, just needs to show some attempt at regex). Below ...
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Finding recessions in US GDP data using pandas
For an assignment, I am identifying the first quarter of the 2008 recession in the United States. The Excel data I'm using can be downloaded here: gdplev.xls. How can I improve this pandas code to ...
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Adding <li> items dynamically to a to-do list
For a homework assignment, I have to create a "TO-DO" list, which will add a list item to the unordered list dynamically using JavaScript. The input element is also added using JavaScript, having to ...
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Calculating the minimum and maximum of a byte array [closed]
I've been working with binary files with this last assignment and part of it was to determine the maximum and minimum byte. Initially this was 2 functions but a bonus portion was to make them into 1 ...
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My malloc() in C using mmap()
My latest school project was to implement malloc(), free(), realloc() and ...
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Avoid incoming meteors
I'm visiting a functional programming course at my university which has a small project for examination. The language we are using is clojure and the contents of the lecture have mostly been about it'...
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Drawing consecutive rectangles with an algorithm
I have an assignment to draw rectangles that get larger and larger each time I draw them. Just like shown below. I've labeled them TL = Top Left, TR = Top Right, BL = Bottom Left, BR = Bottom Right. ...
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Maze navigator AI
I developed a maze navigator in Java for a project for my school. It works fine, and it gets through the maze just fine. The program prints to the screen each time it loops through the maze to set the ...
