Programming Fundamentals I Sec. 602

Assignment #1

1. (40 points) Briefly define (one to two sentences) each of the following ten terms.

1. Variable

2. Literal

3. Declaration

4. Initialization

5. Assignment

6. Class

7. Method

8. Syntax

1. Comment

10. Operator

2. (15 points) Provide a variable declaration and initialization using each of the eight primitive data types in Java. The variable names can be any of your choosing.

3. (15 points) For each of the following statements, write a line of code that achieves the same outcome but uses a combined assignment operator instead.

total = total + 32.58;

capacity = capacity / 4;

remainder = remainder % 2;

greeting = greeting + name;

4. (15 points) What is the problem with the following lines of code and how is that problem resolved? (Hint: Focus on the conversions between data types.)

long toTheMoon = 238900L;

double toTheSun = 92955807;

long totalDistance = toTheMoon + toTheSun;

5. (15 points) Briefly describe the process (no code needed) of requesting the user to input their age and then displaying a message with that age. This process uses the JOptionPane class and handles all input and output with input and message dialog boxes.