Module $1$ Recommended Implementation

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In this first part of the signature assignment, develop code to write and read a binary file. An

array of random numbers will be created, and the number of elements and values of each element

will be written into a binary file. Then, to ensure that all is working well, the array is deleted, a

new one is created, and the binary file is read. The first value is the number of elements to read,

which value should control a loop. Then, each value is read and stored in an array element.

Write a function named createArray that creates a dynamic array of $1000$ integers. The

main function must supply an argument for the length of the array. Use a constant defined with

the value of $1000$ in the calling code. It is best to define the constant outside the main function.

In createArray, initialize the array with random numbers between $0$ and $999$ inclusive.

Return a pointer to the dynamically created array to the calling code in main.

Write a second function named writeBinary that takes as a parameter a pointer to an integer

array and a second parameter, which is the array$$s length. Open a binary output file named

$$binary$.$dat$$ as output and write to it an integer indicating the array's length $($the value of the

parameter$).$ Then, in a loop, write each element in the array to the file and close the file. Be sure

to use a reinterpret$\_$cast to convert the location of each integer to a constant character

pointer.

Write a third function named readBinary that opens the binary file $$binary$.$dat$$ file for

input. Its only function parameter should reference an integer in the main function that will store

the length of the returned array$$the length must be read from the file, not passed as a

parameter. Read the first value from the binary file, which is an integer representing the length

of the new array to create; use the address of the reference parameter as the target of a

reinterpret$\_$cast. Next, create a new dynamic integer array using the length value for the

size. In a loop, read each number from the binary file and save the value in the array. Return the

pointer to the array from the function.

In the main function, call createArray, passing the array's length $($use the defined

constant$).$ This function will return a pointer to the array, which should be saved in a local

variable. Call the writeBinary function, passing the pointer to the array as the first argument

and the length as a second argument. After writeBinary returns, delete the array created in

the first function and set its pointer to nullptr.

Define a local integer variable for an array$$s length $($do not use the defined constant$)$ and an

integer pointer for the array itself. Call the readBinary function, passing a reference to the

variable for the array length. The function will return a pointer to a new array, which should be

saved, and the length variable will be updated. Write a loop to iterate over each value in the

array and print out its value separated by a space. Delete the dynamic array and terminate the

program.

Use these function headers:

int$*$ createArray$($int length$)$

int$*$ readBinary$($int& length$)$

void writeBinary$($int$*$ values, int length$)$

Example output:

$3838867779157933353864926494213622769059763926...$

$...$

$3085932781975556727744450325997283412127382421$

Module $2$ Recommended Implementation

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This second part of the signature assignment will rework the code to create the binary file. Then,

you will develop classes for reading and analyzing the binary data read from the file.

Write a function named createBinaryFile, which takes the name of a file as its first

parameter and the size of the data as the second parameter and returns nothing. Copy the code

from the createArray function for creating the array of random values into this function.

Modify writeBinary to take an additional string parameter; it is the file name. Add a call to

the existing writeBinary function and pass three parameters. When this code works

correctly, eliminate the createArray function since it is no longer needed.

Write a class called BinaryReader. It should have instance variables of an integer pointer

and an integer. The pointer will point to an array of integers; named values. The integer will

hold the array$$s size, named size. Add a constructor that takes a single parameter, a constant

string reference to a file name. Add a private method called readValues with one parameter,

the name of the input file. Copy the code from the readBinary function to open the file, input

the array size into the size instance variable, and create the dynamic array using the values

instance variable. Now, read the values from the file into the array. Eliminate the existing

readBinary function. The constructor should call the readValues method to populate the

array and size instance variables. Add a destructor to delete the integer array. Fi