CSCI 1120

Introduction to Computing Using C++

Tutorial 1

14th Sep. 2020

About

• SHEN, Tiancheng ( 沈天成 ) [Class A tutor]

Email: [email protected]
Office: TBA
Consultation hour ： Tue 9:00AM-10:00AM Thu 9:00AM-
10:00AM
Zoom ID: 916 0707 8857 Password: 239972

• DAI Xinyan ( 戴新顏 ) [Class B tutor]

Email: [email protected]
Office: SHB 116
Consultation hour ： Tue 10-12am
     Zoom ID: 987 9198 0067  Password: 804570
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Outline

• Visual Studio Community

Install Visual Studio Community 2019
Create our first project
Write and run our first C++ code

• Assignment 1
Introduction to Mid Autumn Festival
Methodology
Programming tips

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Install Visual Studio Community 2019

Step 1 Download
Visual Studio Community 2019 for Windows Desktop (free)
https://www.visualstudio.com

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Install Visual Studio Community 2019

Step 2 Install
Select Desktop development with C++

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Use Visual Studio Community 2019

Start Visual Studio Community

Search:
Press “Win + Q”, then input “Visual Studio 2019”

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Sign in
Sign in using your CUHK Office365 account or your
personal Microsoft account.

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The main VS interface

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Create a new project

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New Project Dialog

Step 1:
Select “Windows
Desktop Wizard”

Step 2:
Press “Next”

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New Project Dialog

Step 3:
Input project name
and location, then
press “Create”

You may need the

location later on

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New Project Dialog

Step 3:
Input project name
and location, then
press “Create”

Step 4:
Select “Console
Application (.exe)”
for Application type
Tick “Empty Project”

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 Another way to create a new project (self study)

Step 1:
Select “Empty
Project”

Step 2:
Press “Next”

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 Another way to create a new project (self study)

Step 3:
Input project name
and location, then
press “Create”

You may need the

location later on

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Solution Explorer

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Add new item

Right-click Source Files>Add>New Item…

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Add new item

Step 1:
Select “Code” Step 2:
Select “C++
Files”

Step 3:
Step 4:
Type your file name
Add

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The source code editor interface

Type your code here

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Write our first program

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hello, World!\n";
return 0;
}

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Build our first program

Build>Build Solution

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Use Visual Studio Community 2019

Build our first program

Check building result in output window

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Run our first program

Debug>Start Without Debugging (Ctrl+F5)

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Execution result

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Use Command Line to Run Our Program

Open CMD
Press hot key “win + R”

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Use Command Line to Run Our Program

Open CMD

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Use Command Line to Run Our Program

Enter commands to run your program

Step 1: Enter Debug folder

> D: <Enter>
> cd VSProjects\HelloWorld\Debug <Enter>
(Use the location you input in page11 or page 14)

Step 2: Run our program

> HelloWorld.exe <Enter>
(Type the actual name of your program)

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https://rextester.com/l/cpp_online_compiler_visual

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 Assignment 1:
Mid Autumn Festival
Introduction
• Mid Autumn Festival date changes every year. How to determine the
exact Mid Autumn Festival date?

• The calculation is complex. But there are also easy methods to

estimate the rough date.

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Methodology
• Known facts:
• Mid Autumn Festival lies on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
• New moon repeats every 29.53 days.
• 24 Aug is the earliest possible date for the 1st day of the 8th month in the Lunar Calendar.
• HKT 10:42, 19 Aug 2020 is a full moon.

• Assumption:
• Mid Autumn Festival usually appears between 7 Sep and 8 Oct.

• Solution:
• Find the first new moon on or after HKT 0:00, 24 Aug of a year.
• The accuracy is ±1 day in general (although there can be huge error in rare cases).

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Methodology Formulation
• Let
  𝑦 be the year which we want to estimate the Mid-Autumn Festival date
• 𝑚=8, and 𝑑=24, meaning 24 Aug
• The are shown as follows:

After computing the integer 𝑛, which means the number of days until the next new moon on or
after 24 Aug, and then the Mid-Autumn Festival is estimated as 𝑝=𝑛+14 days after 24 Aug.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
[2] https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%84%92%E7%95%A5%E6%97%A5 31
Methodology Formulation
𝑦,𝑚,𝑑,𝑎,𝑏,𝑐,𝑗,𝑛,p are integers,
using “int” variable to
represent.

• 𝑘 is a real number, using

“double” variable to
represent.

The day of the week (Mon–Sun) can be determined using ((𝑗+𝑛) mod 7)+1. The result is 1–7,
meaning Mon–Sun respectively. 

 ⌊𝑥⌋ and ⌈𝑥⌉ mean the floor and ceiling of 𝑥 respectively. 

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Used Operations
Floor
⌊𝑥⌋ means the floor of 𝑥, that is, the largest integer not
greater than 𝑥. For example, ⌊3.2⌋ = ⌊3.98⌋ = 3.

Hint: In C/C++, integer division actually returns the floor of

the result rather than the original mathematical result.

For example,

int a = 7, b = 2;
cout << a / b; // Output 3 rather than 3.5

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Used Operations
Ceil
⌈x⌉ means the ceil of 𝑥, that is, the least integer greater than
or equal to 𝑥. For example, ⌈3.2⌉ = ⌈3.98⌉ = 4.

Hint: In C/C++, the ceiling operation can be written as

ceil(…). You have to add #include <cmath> at the beginning
of your program.

For example,

double a = 3.2;
cout << ceil(a); // Output 3
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Used Operations
Modulo
In computing, the modulo operation finds
the remainder after division of one number by another
(sometimes called modulus)

For example,

7 mod 2 = 1
124 mod 6 = 4
2018 mod 50 = 18

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Used Operations
Modulo
In computing, the modulo operation finds
the remainder after division of one number by another
(sometimes called modulus)

Hint: In C++ the operator for modulo operation is “%”

For example;

int a = 7 % 2; // a = 1
int b = 124 % 6; // b = 4
int c = 2018 % 50; // c = 18
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Example

For example, Let 𝑦=2020, then:

Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival of year 2020 is

around 38 days after 24 Aug. That is, 1 Oct. Also,
((𝑗 + 𝑝) mod 7) + 1 = ((2459086 + 38) mod 7) + 1 =
(2459124 mod 7) + 1 = 3 + 1 = 4. So, 1
Oct 2020 is Thursday.

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Sample Run
Blue text is user input and the other text is the program printout.

2020

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Sample Run

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 How to print the weekday as text?
• A simple way:
#include <string>

string name;
if (w == 1)
name = "Mon";
else if (w == 2)
name = "Tue";
else if (w == 3)
name = "Wed";
else if ...
...

• Other ways …

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Submission and Marking
• Your program source file name should be midautumn.cpp. Do not use other
file names. Submit the file in Blackboard (https://blackboard.cuhk.edu.hk/).
• Insert your name, student ID, and e-mail as comments at the beginning of
your source file.
• You can submit your assignment multiple times. Only the latest submission
counts.
• Your program should be free of compilation errors and warnings.
• Your program should include suitable comments as documentation.
• Do NOT plagiarize. Sending your work to others is subjected to the same
penalty as the copier.

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 Thanks

Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any question

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