I finally had a little time free and put together a solution to the prime factorization problem. As with the tic-tac-toe program before, there are lots of opportunities to make this program better. This only runs once, rather than looping. The number being factored is a constant so you have to edit the program toContinue reading “Prime Factorization – Actual Code”
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Factorization: Some Drawings
So here’s the very high level flowchart for the factorization program. The key insight here is that the things the program does are grouped together and put inside pretty inclusive boxes. The lower-level flowcharts will start to unpack these boxes. The really interesting thing about this is that for any box we don’t really knowContinue reading “Factorization: Some Drawings”
Programming Assignment: Prime Factorization
Last night the Badb had to find the prime factorization of a number. Thrill moment! This is exactly the problem I once wrote a computer program to solve and wound up entering that program in the school science fair. That was pretty cool. Back when I had to solve this problem, my computer had aContinue reading “Programming Assignment: Prime Factorization”
Kids, Start Typing!
I have finished writing a BASIC implementation of a tic-tac-toe game. There are lots of ways it could be improved or modified, and the Badb has already told me she’d be interested in a tic-tac-toe program. I’ve printed it out on paper so she can type it in, herself. This is how I learned toContinue reading “Kids, Start Typing!”