Advanced C Programming

Summer 2023 ECE 264 :: Purdue University

This is a past semester (Summer 2023)
Due 8/4

JSON: text files resubmit

About this homework

RE02 is a chance to resubmit HW15 after viewing your score to get back some lost credit. As HW15 is the final part in a large series, this gives an extra chance to catch up for those who had a hard time on earlier parts. I will release scores for HW15 by Wednesday to allow you to improve your JSON with knowledge of which tests you failed. While waiting for those results, we recommend working on HW16. If you feel you did well enough on HW15, and are looking for an extra credit opportunity, check out EC03 instead. That assignment will require you did well on HW15 to get full credit.

This homework is due at the same time as EC03 as most students will not be attempting both. You are free to submit to both however if you feel you just had minor problems on HW15 and still want to try the extra credit.

About RE02

The requirements for RE02 are exactly the same as HW15, except you submit your final code to RE02.

Requirements

Refer to the "Requirements" section from HW15.

Submit

To submit RE02 from within your re02 directory, type 264submit RE02 json.c json.h test_json.c miniunit.h clog.h Makefile *.json

Pre-tester ●

The pre-tester for RE02 has been released and is ready to use.

The pretester will be the same as the pretester for HW15, you are free to reuse that pretester until the pretester for RE02 is released. (It takes a bit of effort to copy over the pretester and I need to make sure everything is still configured properly).

Q&A

  1. How much credit will this be worth?

    This homework will let you earn back some of the points you lost on HW15. It will not increase your score beyond what a 100% on HW15 would have gotten you. Most likely, your final grade for HW15 will be the average of your score between HW15 and RE02 (unless RE02 scored lower, in which case your grade for HW15 will remain unchanged).

  2. Why not let me earn back 100% of the lost credit?

    One of the learning goals for this class is learning how to test code. Since you will be able to view your scores for HW15, you will have a pretty good idea of the tests we are using which means you no longer need to think about good test cases.

  3. Should I still do this homework if I did well on HW15?

    If you got a perfect score on HW15, there is no reason to do this homework as your grade will not improve. If you scored less than perfect on HW15, you are free to make a resubmission, though the closer your score was to perfect, the less impact this will have on your grade. Consider instead working on EC03.

  4. Can I simply copy my submission to RE02?

    To earn credit on RE02, you must either:
    • Be passing every test case giving you 100%.
    • Be passing more tests with your than you were passing on HW15.
    In other words, unless your HW15 was late but perfect otherwise, you should improve your code before submitting to RE02.

  5. How much do I need to improve to make a submission?

    Any improvement is valid to make a submission, though the more you improve, the more credit you will earn back.

  6. Why is the submission on the scores page not my latest submission?

    The grader always shows your best submission. If you had a late submission, it is possible it was passing more tests but scored less due to the late penalty.

  7. Can I do a late submission?

    Final course grades are due shortly after the deadline for this assignment, so late submissions will not be accepted.

Updates

Clarifications or corrections may be posted here.