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Week 2 17-21-02-2025

The document outlines the objectives and tasks for Lab Session 1 of COM121 in 2025, focusing on familiarizing students with the Java programming environment. Students will learn to create, compile, and run Java programs from the command line, as well as handle command-line arguments. Specific tasks include writing a simple 'HelloWorld' program, modifying it, and creating additional programs to demonstrate user input handling.

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Week 2 17-21-02-2025

The document outlines the objectives and tasks for Lab Session 1 of COM121 in 2025, focusing on familiarizing students with the Java programming environment. Students will learn to create, compile, and run Java programs from the command line, as well as handle command-line arguments. Specific tasks include writing a simple 'HelloWorld' program, modifying it, and creating additional programs to demonstrate user input handling.

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COM121 2025 Lab Session 1 (week 2)

Aim
The aim of this session is familiarize the student with the Java programming environment which we
are going to use in this course.

Objectives
After completing this week’s session, you should be able to:

1. Create Java source code files using a text editor such as Notepad
2. Compile Java programs from the command-line
3. Run Java programs from the command line
4. Extract and print textual input from the terminal using command-line arguments

Tasks
1. Create a folder which you are going to use for all your Java code in this course.
2. Open the Windows Command Prompt and navigate to your Java folder

Hints: You may use the command prompt $g to tidy up your prompt. Use the cls
command to clear the console.

3. In your java folder, create a text file and name it HelloWorld.java. Make sure to type the
file name exactly as it has been given, i.e., no spaces in the name, capital H in Hello and
capital W in World.
4. Copy the following code (preferably by typing, rather than copy and paste) into the
HelloWorld.java file. Make sure to copy verbatim (that is, exactly as it appears).

public class HelloWorld{


public static void main(String [] args){
System.out.println("Hello world");
}
}

5. Save the file and compile your program by running the command

>javac HelloWorld.java

from the command prompt. If you are successful, a blank line will be inserted into the
console. If you made any mistakes, error messages will be displayed. Make the necessary
corrections until the program compiles.
6. Run the program using the command

>java HelloWorld

Describe what happens.


7. Change the program to print “Hello world” 10 times
8. Change the program to print your name instead.
COM121 2025 Lab Session 1 (week 2)
9. Create another program with the following code:

public class SimpleUserArgs{


public static void main(String []args){
System.out.print("You entered ");
System.out.println(args[0]);
}
}

10. Compile the program and run it with the following commands

>java SimpleUserArgs one


>java SimpleUserArgs two

Describe the behavior of the program.


11. Describe what happen when you run the program using the command

>java SimpleUserArgs

12. Describe what happen when you run the program using the command

>java SimpleUserArgs one two

13. Modify the program in 9 as follows

public class SimpleUserArgs2{


public static void main(String []args){
System.out.print("You entered ");
System.out.print(args[0]);
System.out.println(args[1]);
}
}

Note: File name must match program name!

14. Run the program with the following command and note the output.

>java SimpleUserArgs2 one two

15. Modify the program so that command

>java SimpleUserArgs2 one two

produces the output

You entered one two


COM121 2025 Lab Session 1 (week 2)
16. Modify the program so that when user enters three names, it should print the names in
reverse order. For example:

>java SimpleUserArgs3 Opa Mphatso Lusungu

should produce

Lusungu Mphatso Opa

Note: File name must match program name!

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