Need Java help.
09-12-2005, 06:19 AM
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Need Java help.
It's been a while since i've programmed. I just need some help getting started with this assignment.
"Essentially, you will prompt the user for the size of a "square" matrix of characters, represented as a 2D array of char. Once you have the size of this matrix, you will populate the matrix with randomly-selected Unicode characters. You will randomly select any character that appears on your computer keyboard. Generally, this means alpha-numeric characters such as 0-9, a-z, A-Z, etc. You'll need to study the Appendix in your text that covers the ASCII character set in order to randomize the correct characters.
Once you've randomly populated this matrix of characters, I want you to horizontally and vertically sort this matrix such that the largest-valued character is in the lower-right-hand corner of the matrix and the least-valued character is in the upper-left-hand corner of the matrix. Essentially, this is both a horizontal and vertical sort such that if you scan the matrix from left to right, values ascend; and if you scan the matrix from top to bottom, the values also ascend. "
Just not sure where/how to start since it's been so long since i've done this, Any help would be great, Thankya
"Essentially, you will prompt the user for the size of a "square" matrix of characters, represented as a 2D array of char. Once you have the size of this matrix, you will populate the matrix with randomly-selected Unicode characters. You will randomly select any character that appears on your computer keyboard. Generally, this means alpha-numeric characters such as 0-9, a-z, A-Z, etc. You'll need to study the Appendix in your text that covers the ASCII character set in order to randomize the correct characters.
Once you've randomly populated this matrix of characters, I want you to horizontally and vertically sort this matrix such that the largest-valued character is in the lower-right-hand corner of the matrix and the least-valued character is in the upper-left-hand corner of the matrix. Essentially, this is both a horizontal and vertical sort such that if you scan the matrix from left to right, values ascend; and if you scan the matrix from top to bottom, the values also ascend. "
Just not sure where/how to start since it's been so long since i've done this, Any help would be great, Thankya
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09-12-2005, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jclau00
do what i used to do...
stand by the printer and steal people's code as they print it out.
stand by the printer and steal people's code as they print it out.
smart. but i'm in my bedroom.
