David Camacho
PT1420 Programming
Lab 2.1
Display Welcome to the Fiber Optic Calculator Program.
Enter company name.
Enter the number of fiber optic cable needed.
Multiply .87 times the feet needed for the total cost.
Display the total cost of the fiber optic cable and the company name. Purpose of Variable | Variable Name | Stores cost of fiber | fiberCost | Stores the company name | firstChoice | Stores the number of feet to be installed | 50 | Stores the calculated cost of installed fiber | .87 |

Display “Welcome to the Fiber Optic Calculator Program”

Set fiberCost = .87

Display “What is the company name?”

Input companyName

Display “How many feet of fiber will be installed”

Input feetInstalled

Set totalCost = fiberCost * feetInstalled

Display “For the company” , companyName, “the total cost will be $” , totalCost

David Camacho

PT1420

Lab 2.2

Flowchart

David Camacho

PT1420 Programming Lab 2.3

Visual Studios Program

David Camacho
Unit 2 HW Assignment 1
Short Answer
1.What does a professional programmer usually do first to gain an understanding of a problem?
The programmer creates a design for the program, which starts by asking the customer what they need the program to accomplish.
2.What is pseudocode?
Pseudocode is an informal language that has no syntax rules, and is not meant to be compiled or executed. 3.Computer programs typically perform what three steps?
Step 1: Input is received.
Step 2: Some process is performed on the input.
Step 3: Output is produced.
4.What does the term “user-friendly” mean?
User-friendly is a term commonly used in the software business to describe programs that are easy to use. 1. Design an algorithm that prompts the user to enter his or her height and stores the user’s input in a variable named height.
Display “What is your height?”
Input height 2. Design an algorithm that prompts the user to enter his or her favorite color and stores the user’s input in a variable named color.
Display “What is your favorite color?”
Input color 1. Personal Information Design a program that displays the following information
Your name
Your address, with city, state, and ZIP
Your telephone number
Your college major
Display “What is your name”
Input name
Display “Hello name, what is your address, please include city, state and ZIP”
Input address
Display “What is your telephone number”
Input telephoneNumber
Display “What is your college major”
Input collegeMajor
4. Total Purchase - A customer in a store is purchasing five items. Design a program that asks for the price of each item, and then displays the subtotal of the sale, the amount of sales tax, and the total. Assume the sales tax is 6 percent.
Declare double price#1 price price#2 price#3 price#4 price#5, subtotal, salesTax, total
Display “What is the price of item 1”
Input price#1
Display “This is what you entered for price of item 1, $” price#1
Display “What is the price of item 2”
Input price#2
Display “This is what you entered for price of item 2, $” price#2
Display “What is the price of item 3”
Input price#3
Display “This is what you entered for price of item 3, $” price#3
Display “What is the price of item 4”
Input price#4
Display “This is what you entered for price of item 4, $” price#4
Display “What is the price of item 5”
Input price#5
Display “This is what you entered for price of item 5, $” price#5
Subtotal = price#1 + price#2 + price#3 + price#4 + price#5
Tax= subtotal*,06
Display “The total for your items is $” total

Unit 2 Research Assignment 1
What are the variable naming rules of Visual Basic, Python, and Java?
Visual Basic - Must use a letter as the first character. You can't use a space, (.),(!), or the characters @,
&, $, # in the name. Name cannot exceed 255 characters.
Python - Must begin with a letter (a - z, A - B) or underscore (_). Other characters can be letters, numbers or _Case Sensitive.
Java - All variable names must begin with a letter of the alphabet, an underscore, or a dollar sign. The convention is to always use a letter of the alphabet. After the first initial letter, variable names may also contain letters and the digits 0 to 9. No spaces or special characters are allowed.