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Engineering Problem Solving With C++ An Object Based Approach

Engineering Problem Solving With C++ An Object Based Approach. Fundamental Concepts Chapter 1 Engineering Problem Solving. Objectives. Understand basic components of a computers. Understand a problem-solving methodology for solving engineering problems with a computer.

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Engineering Problem Solving With C++ An Object Based Approach

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  1. Engineering Problem Solving With C++An Object Based Approach Fundamental Concepts Chapter 1 Engineering Problem Solving

  2. Objectives • Understand basic components of a computers. • Understand a problem-solving methodology for solving engineering problems with a computer.

  3. Computer hardware and software • A computer is a machine designed to perform operations specified with a set of instructions called a program. • Hardware refers to the computer equipment. • keyboard, mouse, terminal, hard disk, printer • Software refers to the programs that describe the steps we want the computer to perform.

  4. Computer hardware Internal Memory External Memory ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit CPU: Central Processing Unit Control Output Input ALU CPU

  5. 01010101 11110000 10001000 00010001 Main Memory 0 • Main Memory - • Terminology: • Main memory is divided into numbered locations called bytes. • A byte is a sequence of 8 bits. • A bit is a binary digit (0 or 1). • The location number associated with a byte is called the address. • A group of consecutive bytes is used for storing the binary representation of a data item, such as a number or a character. • What value is represented by the 4th byte? 1 2 3

  6. Computer Software • Operating System - Provides an interface with the user • unix, windows, linux, ... • Software Tools • word processors (MS Word, WordPerfect, ...) • spreadsheet programs (Excel, Lotus1-2-3, ...) • mathematical computation tools (MATLAB, Mathematica, ...) • Computer Languages • machine language • assembly language • high level languages (C, C++, Ada, Fortran, Basic, java)

  7. Input data Machine language program Program output Compile Link/load Execute C++ language program Executing a Computer Program • Compiler • Converts source program to object program • Linker • Converts object program to executable program

  8. Key Terms • Source Program • printable/Readable Program file • Object Program • nonprintable machine readable file • Executable Program • nonprintable executable code • Syntax errors • reported by the compiler • Linker errors • reported by the linker • Execution/Run-time errors • reported by the operating system • Logic errors • not reported; You may see it in the output generated

  9. Basic Program Structure • /******************************************** • * Header Comments • ********************************************/ • include files • global declarations • int main() • { • declarations and executable statements • return 0; • }//end block of main

  10. An Engineering Problem Solving Methodology 1. PROBLEM STATEMENT 2. INPUT/OUTPUT DESCRIPTION 3. HAND EXAMPLE 4. ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT 5. TESTING

  11. 9.5 20.75 Sample Pseudo Code 1. Write a program to compute the volume of box. 2. Input: length, width, height Output: volume 3. Hand Example: volume = 20.75*11.5*9.5 4. Algorithm: input length, width and height compute volume output volume 5. Implement algorithm in C++ and test. 11.5

  12. /************************************************************//************************************************************/ /* Program chapter1 */ /* */ /* This program computes the volume of a box */ /************************************************************/ #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { // Declare and initialize objects double length( 20.75), width(11.5),height(9.5), volume; // Calculate volume. volume = length * width * height; // Print the volume. cout << “The volume is “ << volume << endl; // Exit program. return 0; } /************************************************************/

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