Programming Karel the Robot
Announcements
● Four Handouts Today:
● Downloading Eclipse
● Running Karel Programs in Eclipse
● Programming Assignment #1
● Submitting Programming Assignments
● Programming Assignment #1 Out:
● Karel the Robot: Due Friday, January 20 at
3:15 PM
● Email: Due Sunday, January 22 at 11:59PM
The CS106A Grading Scale
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Assignment Grading
● You will receive two scores: a functionality
score and a style score.
● The functionality score is based on how
well your program works.
● Does it work correctly in the sample worlds?
● Does it work correctly in custom test worlds?
● The style score is based on how well your
program is written.
● We'll cover elements of good style throughout
this course.
Late Days
● Everyone has two free “late days” to use
as you see fit.
● A “late day” is an automatic extension for
one class period (Monday to Wednesday,
Wednesday to Friday, or Friday to
Monday).
● If you need an extension beyond late
days, please talk to Jeremy.
Section Signups
● Section signups open tomorrow at 5PM
and close Sunday at 5PM.
● Sign up for section at
http://cs198.stanford.edu/section
● Link available on the CS106A course
website.
Our Very First Karel Program Revisited
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft();
move();
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft();
move();
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft();
move(); This piece of the
turnLeft(); program's source code
turnLeft(); is called a method.
turnLeft();
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move(); This line of code gives
turnLeft(); the name of the method
move(); (here, run)
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
turnLeft();
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft(); The inside of the method
move(); is is called the body of
turnLeft(); the method and tells
turnLeft(); Karel how to execute the
turnLeft(); method.
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft();
move(); This part of the program is
turnLeft(); called a class definition.
turnLeft(); We'll discuss classes later
turnLeft(); this quarter.
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
import stanford.karel.*;
public class OurKarelProgram extends Karel {
public void run() {
move();
pickBeeper();
move();
turnLeft();
move();
This is called an import
turnLeft();
statement. Again, we will
turnLeft();
turnLeft(); discuss this later in the quarter.
move();
putBeeper();
move();
}
}
Improving our Program
The for loop
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
… statements to repeat N times …
}
The while loop
while (condition) {
… statements to repeat when condition holds …
}
Some of Karel's Conditions:
frontIsClear()
frontIsBlocked()
beepersPresent()
beepersInBag()
facingNorth()
facingSouth()
See the Karel reader (Page 18) for more details.
while (condition) {
… statements to repeat when condition holds …
}
Some of Karel's Conditions:
frontIsClear()
frontIsBlocked()
beepersPresent()
beepersInBag()
facingNorth()
facingSouth()
See the Karel reader (Page 18) for more details.
The if statement
if (condition) {
… statements to repeat if condition holds …
}
if (condition) {
… statements to repeat if condition holds …
} else {
… statements to repeat if condition doesn't hold …
}
