Week 3, Post 2 (partial cheating for much win)

A new day, a new blog entry. And boy howdy, after looking at 3D arrays for the last hour, a much needed break too. Luckily enough I have my programming test from grade 11, which is somewhat similar to what our test is supposed to resemble.

Looking at the 2d array questions, I didn't see too much that could go wrong, and as such didn't quite put much effort into it. Then I talked to Hippie Jesus, who wrote a program and printed it out specifically to aid him in his pre-writing. Absolutely mind blowing how nuts he is, considering the program we are given is almost identical to what our test should be. Anyhoo, after looking at the 2D questions, I peeked at the 3D. It actually looked decent, and I didn't quite have the mental block with it that I did last year.

However, I soon came to a small stumbling block. The bonus question. Needed a decently high mark in this class (*hint*) I'm trying to squeeze out every mark possible. Which basically means I have to come up with a few possibilities of questions that could possibly show up. After looking at the Gr. 11 test, I though up questions along a similar vein, which wasn't too bad. But then, I started getting nightmares. Recursion, problem solving using different slices, weighted marks, and the works. And since it is a bonus question, I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out one after the other, and gave up the moment I got to weighted, or cross products because I doubt anyone would have a chance at them.

As well, I've sort of completed the first programming challenge question. It was to get the word square, or any other word and print it out in a format similar to:

square
q___r (minus the underlines)
u___a
a___u
r___q
erauqs

Had to cheat to complete it (didn't use tabs, but I don't know how. Problem is, I'm not supposed to know how to use strings either, so I guess that excuse doesn't count.) I am probably not doing problem 2, as it looks quite easy. Problem 3, is basically binary, which I do not get at all. May get Eric(Forehead man) to help me out, because I still don't get it. Question 4 seems rather doable, and I really want to attempt it again, but the problem is that I am lacking the data file, and creating 800 dots in a shape is impossible for someone as un-inclined at art as I am.

Ah well, such is life, and if Mr. Chiarelli doesn't seem to have the data file, I guess its back to the drawing board. As well, looking at the Guelph questions, I again need a text file, but I will see how that goes when I get to it. In other news, didn't really learn much this week in programming, which is sort of a bummer and sort of a blessing because due to the lack of homework, I've been doing a lot more of everything else, but since I haven't been doing programming homework, I've been slacking in other areas as well. Anyhoo, going to study for chemistry. Good night blog. Good bye valued readers (and Hippie Jesus.)