Weekly Labs

Problem Sets

LAB 10 - This lab will not be graded.

LAB 9, calc.c, phone_book - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Nov. 19 and Monday, Nov. 22.

Lab 9 handout has been modified. Reload the questions and solve BOTH problems. File calc.c has also been modified to add a new function called prtError().

LAB 8, lab8a.c, lab8b.c, lab8main.c, lab8main.out - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Nov. 12 and Monday, Nov. 15.

LAB 7, lab7.c, lab7main.c, lab7main.out - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Nov. 5 and Monday, Nov. 8.

LAB 6, lab6.c, lab6main.c, lab6main.out - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Oct. 29 and Monday, Nov. 1.

LAB 5, lab5.c, lab5main.c - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Oct. 22 and Monday, Oct. 25.

LAB 4, lab4.c - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Oct. 8 and Monday, Oct. 18. However, submitted programs will not be graded.

LAB 3, lab3a.c, lab3b.c - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Oct. 1 and Monday, Oct. 4. This lab is worth 1% to 1.5% of the overall grade.

LAB 2 - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Sept. 24 and Monday, Sept. 27. This lab is worth 1% to 1.5% of the overall grade.

LAB 1 - To be completed and submitted IN LAB on Friday, Sept. 17 and Monday, Sept. 20. However, this is a mock test and submitted programs will not be graded.

How Do They Work?

A set of 2-3 small problems is posted on Mondays after each lecture for you to prepare.
In the following Friday (Monday) lab session, one problem from the set is given. You will complete and submit the program in the "labtest" mode.
No books or notes are allowed.
Friday and Monday "labtest" problems may be the same or different.
Depending on the number of labs (7-10), each lab is worth 1%-1.5%.
Results and marks will be sent to your cse email accounts.

Lab Rules

Be present on time. No one will be allowed to enter the lab 20 minutes after the session starts.
After entering the lab, no one will be allowed to leave within the first 20 minutes of the session.
These are closed-book tests. Put away all your materials (under the desks) and keep only a pen or pencil. The lab monitor will give you some paper for scrap work.
Turn off cell phones and pagers while in the lab.
Submit your work periodically. You can submit a file several times. A new submission will overwrite the previous version.
Towards the end of the lab session, you will see a warning message that time is running out and the system will be re-booted soon. Submit your work one last time before you are logged off the system.

Which OS Should I Use?

All labs, assignments and labtests must be completed and will be graded on Unix/Linux systems. However, you may develop programs under Windows operating systems. Following are different ways to work with Windows:

Use PuTTY to connect to a CSE server and work online.
Use CygWing, which emulates a UNIX environment.
Use any Windows-based C compiler. Some are available from Wiki. A good compiler is a GCC compiler called MinGW. Just make sure that you test your final programs on Unix/Linux before submitting them.