Assignment 1

This assignment is worth 10 points.

When you have completed this assignment you should

Have begun to develop you ability to create algorithms
Have studied a set of problem solving techniques.

Part 1

Develop algorithms to accomplish the following tasks:

Given a short story with missing words (blanks), play the game of Mad Libs
Represent a value in Roman Numerals

Your algorithms should

Be constructed in short English phrases.
Include constructs like while and if.
Be indented like those covered in class.
Have an example to show they work.

For each problem:

Provide a high level description of the problem.
Provide an algorithm.
Provide a list of questions pertaining the to specification and/or the problem.

Part 2

Provide an outline of section 1.5.

Final Comments

This work needs to be typed, and should be handed in by the beginning of class on Friday, Sept 9.