CS 2500 - Lab 3
Pair programming
The lab assignment is to be completed in pairs. Each pair works at one computer. Remember, in pair programming, one member of the team is the pilot and the other is the co-pilot. The pilot does the typing, but the co-pilot drives the process. Even though the pilot is the only one typing, both partners should be active in trying to come up with solutions to the exercises. Make sure to switch roles when indicated in the lab!Don't delete your work
In previous labs some students deleted their solutions for exercises after completing them. Don't do this! It is common for exercises to make use of functions or templates defined in earlier exercises.Part I: Structure Definitions
For each of the following word problems, extract structure definitions for the data involved. You don't need to write tests for them, but be sure to test them informally by trying them out.
Remember structure definitions from class?
(define-struct name
(field ...))
- The Boston Zoo keeps track of information for every animal that is kept there. For each animal they store its name, species, age, breakfast hour, and dinner hour (if they don't get fed twice a day, they try to eat the visitors...).
- Each zoo attendant has a name and is assigned to watch over exactly three different animals.
Part II: Data Definitions
Take your structure definitions from above and add data definitions. (E.g. ;; An animal is...) Recall that a data definition for structured data states, in a mixture of English and Racket, how we construct elements of this class of data, including what kind of data each structure field contains. Refer to Section 6.4 of HtDP if you need to review.
Part III: Templates
Construct a template for each of the data definitions from Part II. Recall that the template describes what we know about the input to a function (what accessors we can use on them). If you need to review templates for compound data, look in Section 6.5 of HtDP.
Part IV: From Templates to Functions
Switch Roles! Consider the templates you built from the data definitions and design the following functions based on them. You must formulate examples and tests!
- Using your data definition, structure definition, and template from above, develop a function that takes an animal and returns a new animal with the same contents and 1 added to its age (presumably the function will be used on its birthday).
- Using your data definition, structure definition, and template from above, develop a function that takes an animal and the current hour and returns whether it's mealtime.
- In preparation for next April Fool's Day, the system manager of the zoo wants you to design a function that takes an animal and returns a new animal with the same contents and its age converted to dog years. Note: there are 7 dog years in 1 human year.
- Using your data definition, structure definition and template from above, develop a function that takes an attendant, and returns the total age of the animals that the attendant has been assigned to.
Part V: Challenge Problem
Switch Roles! Some of the TAs (oddly, they've asked to remain anonymous) are working on a game that they call Chip, the Cheap Sheep. So far, they've put together a few frames of animation for it:
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Your goal is to create a simple proof-of-concept game engine: Chip will run from offscreen to the point the user clicks on.
Use the design recipe when designing functions!
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Create a function named which-chip that takes a number and returns the corresponding image from the sequence above.
This can be done several ways... which one is best?
You should be able to drag the images from the webpage into DrRacket, once they are there you should know what to do. If not save them to the desktop, and use "Insert">"Insert Image..." from the DrRacket menu bar.
Write a data and structure definition for your world. You'll want to be able to know Chip's coordinates, the coordinates he is running to, and which frame of the animation he is currently on.
While you're at it, write a template for functions that take a world and define a value named world0 that is your initial world (start by assuming the user clicked in the center and Chip is just offscreen).
Write a function named draw-chip that takes a world and places the image of Chip's current frame at his current coordinates into an empty-scene of size 400x400 (use your which-chip function!).
Write a function named move-chip that takes a world and returns a world; moving Chip to the left by some amount (it looks like he's going pretty fast!).
This assumes he starts at the y-coordinate of his destination, and only has to go left.
If he gets to his destination, have him stop moving.
Write a function named next-chip that takes a world and returns a new world incrementing the frame field and wrapping the number so it cannot be greater than 3.
The remainder function can be used to wrap the number once it has been incremented. remainder takes two integers and returns the remainder of dividing the first by the second.(remainder 1 4) ;; ==> 1 (remainder 2 4) ;; ==> 2 (remainder 3 4) ;; ==> 3 (remainder 4 4) ;; ==> 0
Now, make Chip respond to mouse clicks. Write a clack function that takes a world, x and y coordinates, and a mouse event and returns a new world. The new world will have the mouse's coordinates as Chip's new destination and Chip teleported offscreen (presumably at the same y-coordinate as his destination) so that he can run to the point the user clicked on.
Remember that mouse events are just strings. Be sure to ignore all mouse events except "button-down".
Put all this together with tock and big-bang to see Chip the Cheap Sheep run!
(define (tock world) (move-chip (next-chip world))) (big-bang world0 (on-draw draw-chip) (on-tick tock) (on-mouse clack))If you still have extra time, try variations: maybe make a bouncing ball for Chip to chase.