Guided Inquiry 4: zyBooks Ch. 2.13–2.18

Overview

The purpose of this reading and exercise set is to acquaint you with the additional details of C++ variables.

Learning Objectives

Basic learning objectives

You are responsible for learning and demonstrating proficiency in the following objectives prior to the next class meeting:

• decide on the most appropriate variable type for a given piece of data
• explain the difference between signed and unsigned types

Advanced learning objectives

You should demonstrate mastery of the following objectives by the end of the next class meting through the in-class activities:

• use string variables methods to access, search, and update a string

Resources

Read Ch. 2 of the zyBook (sections 2.13–2.18). You may work with others on the exercises. If you have questions, please talk with a classmate or post your question to Piazza under the "gi 4" tag.

Exercises

Complete the following. There is nothing to submit via Canvas; zyBook shows me what you've completed and when.

• carry out at least  80% of the "Participation Activities" (the orange ones) in the reading
  
  • you can see how many of the participation activities you've done for a section or chapter using the "Reporting" tab on the main CSC160 zyBook page
  • ask me or a classmate for help if you can't find it
• complete the following "Challenge Activities"
  • 2.14.2: Outputting all combinations
  • 2.15.1: Reading and outputting strings
• complete zyLab 2.31: Simple statistics

If you have a question while you are doing this, please post to the class Piazza board with the "gi 4" tag.