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T4 Homework 4

The document provides code for a program that checks if a package meets size requirements for shipping. It asks the user to enter the length, width, and height of a package. It then calculates the volume and checks if the volume is less than 2.5 cubic meters and each dimension is less than 1 meter. If the package passes these checks, it outputs that the package is accepted, otherwise it outputs that the package is too large. The document asks to: 1) Replace the variable names with more meaningful names. 2) Add two comments to explain complicated lines of code. 3) Rewrite the code to use a function to check if a package is an acceptable size.

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T4 Homework 4

The document provides code for a program that checks if a package meets size requirements for shipping. It asks the user to enter the length, width, and height of a package. It then calculates the volume and checks if the volume is less than 2.5 cubic meters and each dimension is less than 1 meter. If the package passes these checks, it outputs that the package is accepted, otherwise it outputs that the package is too large. The document asks to: 1) Replace the variable names with more meaningful names. 2) Add two comments to explain complicated lines of code. 3) Rewrite the code to use a function to check if a package is an acceptable size.

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Homework 4 Maintainable programs

Unit 10 Advanced programming and databases

Name:............................................................................ Class:................... Mark:................

The following program asks the user to enter dimensions of a package they wish to send. If the
volume of the package is greater than 2.5 m3 or any side of the package is greater than 1 metre,
the package won’t be accepted.

INPUT a
INPUT b
INPUT c

d  a * b * c

IF d > 2.5 OR a > 1 OR b > 1 OR c > 1


THEN
OUTPUT "Package too large"
ELSE
OUTPUT "Package accepted"
ENDIF

(a) The identifiers that have been used are not meaningful. Replace each identifier
in the table below with a more meaningful one. [4]

Current identifier name Meaningful identifier name


a
b
c
d

(b) Add two comments to the code above that would make the program more
maintainable by explaining what more complicated lines of code do. [2]

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Homework 4 Maintainable programs
Unit 10 Advanced programming and databases

(c) The code would be more maintainbable if it made use of a function to calculate if a package
was accepted or not. This function would return TRUE if the package was an acceptable
size and FALSE if not.
Rewrite the code to make use of a function. The new program should use meaningful
identifiers, however, you do not need to add comments to it. [6]

[Total 12 marks]

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