01 Feb 2012 [ 201 hw ]

Create a separate class file for each problem, and email all files as attachments to me at jal2016@email.vccs.edu with subject CSC 201 HW4.

Alternately, you can create a Mercurial repository named 201-hw and put your homework in a hw4 folder within the repository. See this post from the 185 section for details.

Due Thursday, Feb 9.

1

Write a program that allows the user to type in a list of numbers and then prints all the numbers in order from smallest to largest.

Use an ArrayList<Double> object to keep track of all the numbers. The java.util.Collections class has a bunch of utilities that are useful for processing collections (including ArrayLists), analogous to those used for plain arrays in java.util.Arrays. The sort method will be useful here.

Here's a template that includes the imports I'd suggest:

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class NumberSort {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create an object to store all numbers.
        
        // Set up a loop to read numbers.
        // You'll have to decide how to tell when you're done.
        
        // Sort the numbers.

        // Print the sorted numbers.
    }
}
NumberSort.java

2

Write a program that lets two players play tic-tac-toe. Here's a start you can use if you want:

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;

public class TicTacToe extends JPanel {
    // Represent gameboard using a bunch of buttons
    JButton[][] buttons;
    
    public TicTacToe() {
        // Set layout and size to reasonable values
        setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3));
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
        // Create a font object to use with the buttons
        Font font = new Font("Sans", Font.BOLD, 100);
        
        // Initialize buttons
        buttons = new JButton[3][3];
        for (int row = 0; row < buttons.length; row++)
            for (int col = 0; col < buttons[row].length; col++) {
                JButton b = new JButton("");
                b.setFont(font);
                buttons[row][col] = b;
                add(b);
                // Add action listeners here?
            }
    }
    
    // Set up main window and add our components.
    public static void buildGUI() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setContentPane(new TicTacToe());
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                buildGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}
TicTacToe.java

One way to check for a winner is as follows: after each move, if there is a winner it will have to be using either the row, the column, or the diagonal where the move was placed. Check all three of those after each move.