• Index
• Site
  • 1. Context
    • 1.1. Motivation for This Book
    • 1.2. Resources Online
    • 1.3. Downloading Text, Source Code, and Videos
    • 1.4. Computer Science, Broadly
    • 1.5. Chapter Review Questions
  • 2. C# Data and Operations
    • 2.1. A Sample Scala Program
    • 2.2. Lab: Editing, Compiling, and Running with Xamarin Studio
    • 2.3. Arithmetic
    • 2.4. Variables and Assignment
    • 2.5. Syntax Template Typography
    • 2.6. Strings, Part I
    • 2.7. Writing to the Console
    • 2.8. C# Program Structure
    • 2.9. Combining Input and Output
    • 2.10. String Special Cases
    • 2.11. Substitutions in Console.WriteLine
    • 2.12. Value Types and Conversions
    • 2.13. Learning to Solve Problems
    • 2.14. Lab: Division Sentences
    • 2.15. Chapter Review Questions
  • 3. Defining Functions of your Own
    • 3.1. A First Function Definition
    • 3.2. Multiple Function Definitions
    • 3.3. Function Parameters
    • 3.4. Multiple Function Parameters
    • 3.5. Returned Function Values
    • 3.6. Two Roles: Writer and Consumer of Functions
    • 3.7. Local Scope
    • 3.8. Static Variables
    • 3.9. Not using Return Values
    • 3.10. Library Classes
    • 3.11. Static Function Summary
    • 3.12. Chapter Review Questions
  • 4. Basic String Operations
    • 4.1. String Indexing
    • 4.2. Some Instance Methods and the Length Property
    • 4.3. A Creative Problem Solution
    • 4.4. Lab: String Operations
    • 4.5. Chapter Review Questions
  • 5. Decisions
    • 5.1. Conditions I
    • 5.2. Simple if Statements
    • 5.3. if-else Statements
    • 5.4. More Conditional Expressions
    • 5.5. Multiple Tests and if-else Statements
    • 5.6. If-statement Pitfalls
    • 5.7. Compound Boolean Expressions
    • 5.8. Nested if Statements
    • 5.9. Chapter Review Questions
  • 6. While Loops
    • 6.1. While-Statements
    • 6.2. While-Statements with Sequences
    • 6.3. Interactive while Loops
    • 6.4. Short-Circuiting && and ||
    • 6.5. While Examples
    • 6.6. More String Methods
    • 6.7. User Input: UI
    • 6.8. Greatest Common Divisor
    • 6.9. Do-While Loops
    • 6.10. Number Guessing Game Lab
    • 6.11. Chapter Review Questions
  • 7. Foreach Loops
    • 7.1. foreach Syntax
    • 7.2. foreach Examples
    • 7.3. Chapter Review Questions
  • 8. For Loops
    • 8.1. For-Statement Syntax
    • 8.2. Examples With for Statements
    • 8.3. Lab: Loops
    • 8.4. Chapter Review Questions
  • 9. Files, Paths, and Directories
    • 9.1. Files As Streams
    • 9.2. Writing Files
    • 9.3. Reading Files
    • 9.4. Path Strings
    • 9.5. Directory Class
    • 9.6. File Class
    • 9.7. Command Line Execution
    • 9.8. FIO Helper Class
    • 9.9. Chapter Review Questions
  • 10. Arrays
    • 10.1. One Dimensional Arrays
    • 10.2. Musical Scales and Arrays
    • 10.3. Linear Searching
    • 10.4. Sorting Algorithms
    • 10.5. Binary Searching
    • 10.6. Lab: Arrays
    • 10.7. Lab: Performance
    • 10.8. Multi-dimensional Arrays
    • 10.9. Chapter Review Questions
  • 11. Lists
    • 11.1. List Syntax
    • 11.2. .Net Library (API)
    • 11.3. Chapter Review Questions
  • 12. Dictionaries
    • 12.1. Dictionary Syntax
    • 12.2. Dictionary Efficiency
    • 12.3. Dictionary Examples
    • 12.4. Lab: File Data and Collections
    • 12.5. Chapter Review Questions
  • 13. Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
    • 13.1. A First Example of Class Instances: Contact
    • 13.2. Class Instance Examples
    • 13.3. The Rational Class
    • 13.4. Planning A Class Structure
    • 13.5. Classes And Structs
    • 13.6. Defining Operators (Optional)
    • 13.7. Chapter Review Questions
  • 14. Testing
    • 14.1. Assertions
    • 14.2. Attributes
    • 14.3. Testing the Constructor
    • 14.4. Testing Rational Comparisons
    • 14.5. Testing Rational Arithmetic
    • 14.6. Testing Rational Conversions (to other types)
    • 14.7. Testing the Parsing Feature
    • 14.8. Running the NUnit Tests
  • 15. Interfaces
    • 15.1. Rationals Revisited
    • 15.2. csproject Revisited
    • 15.3. Chapter Review Questions
  • 16. Recursion
  • 17. Data Structures
  • 18. Appendix
    • 18.1. Development Tools
    • 18.2. Xamarin Studio
    • 18.3. Command Line Introduction
    • 18.4. Precedence of Operators
    • 18.5. Homework: Grade Calculation
    • 18.6. Homework: Grade Calculation from Individual Scores
    • 18.7. Homework: Grade File
    • 18.8. Homework: Book List
    • 18.9. Group Project
    • 18.10. Lab: Version Control
    • 18.11. Mercurial and Teamwork
    • 18.12. Acknowledgments
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  • 9. Files, Paths, and Directories
• Source