Outline for April 25, 2025

Reading: zyBooks text §9.1, 9.4; handout Writing a Program
Due: Homework #2, due April 30, 2024

1. Reading/writing/appending files
   1. Reading, writing text files [printfile1.c, printfile2.c, printfile3.c, printfile4.c, printfile5.c]
   2. Other useful file functions
   3. Reading, writing binary files [scopy.c, sbcopy.c]

2. Writing a Program
   1. Step 1. Goal and general algorithm
   2. Step 2. Data representation and program structure
   3. Step 3. Translate these into C statements
   4. Step 4. Turn this into a program
   5. Step 5. Add error checking
   6. Step 6. User interface
   7. Other enhancements

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ECS 36A, Programming & Problem Solving Version of April 24, 2025 at 2:27PM

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