Lab 2 Conditional Data
Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to practice designing and implementing a small world program with enumerated data.
Textbook references: Chapter 3: How To Design Programs Chapter 4: Intervals, Enumerations, and Itemizations
Simulating Doors
A door can either be open, closed, or locked. Initially your program will take in a representation of one of these states.
The user can open a closed door by pressing the "o" key on their keyboard. You cannot open a locked door, and attempting to open an already open door will do nothing.
The user can close an open door by pressing the "c" key on their keyboard. Attempting to close an already closed (or closed and locked) door will do nothing.
The user can lock a closed door by pressing the "l" key on their keyboard. Attempting to lock an open door or an already locked door will do nothing.
The user can unlock a locked door by pressing the "u" key on their keyboard. Attempting to unlock a closed door that is already unlocked, or an open door, will do nothing.
Here are some images of the three different states to get you started:
Exercise 1 Design a data definition for the state of the world. Be sure to account for all of the cases that can occur and follow all the steps of the data design recipe.
Exercise 2 Design your world program. Remember to refer to the textbook for the steps of designing world programs. When designing complex functions remember that there should be only one task per function. If you are doing multiple tasks, you should design some helper functions!
Before You Go...
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In the Land of Submarines
It is 1620 and Cornelius Drebbel has invented a new device. It’s like a boat but it goes underwater! He wants to show everyone his remarkable invention so they know how great it is. He is asking you to design a program that shows a ship sinking down under the waves. For the first 100 meters the ship will sink at a rate of 5 meters/second. For the next 200 meters the ship will sink at a rate of 4 meters/second. And then, for the next 100 meters it will sink very carefully at a rate of only 2 meters/second. After that Cornelius has decided the ocean is too dangerous to traverse.
Exercise 3 Define three constants, TOP-SPEED, MID-SPEED, and LOW-SPEED which define how many meters/second Cornelius’ ship can move at each depth.
Exercise 4 Design a data definition for a SeaLevel. This data definition should encompass the three non-overlapping adjacent intervals mentioned above. We will use this data definition as the world state for our program. It will allow us to determine which speed the ship should be moving as it descends through the murky depths of the ocean. Remember to follow all the steps of the data design recipe.
Exercise 5 Design a world program that, given the initial depth of a ship (in meters), shows an animation of one of Cornelius’ ships sinking down through the ocean. The ship should descend at the rates specified by Cornelius. Your program should show the different depths as different colors since the ocean gets darker as you descend. Your program should end when the ship reaches the bottom of the safely traversable ocean.