SI 609 C++ programming

Final project - finished right on time - 12 noon Sunday!

• Program Description

  This program translates English text (ASCII) files to Morse Code files. It can also translates Morse Code files into English text (ASCII) files. It also creates a Morse Code "cheat sheet"

• C++ source code

• Compiling Instructions

  Follow the source code link above and choose "Save As" from the "File" menu of the browser. Be sure the file name you use ends in .cc (or some other legal C++ extension).
  Complile the file you saved using g++ (or some other C++ compiler).
  g++ -o <executable file name> <source code file name>
  Example:
  g++ -o xlate translate.cc

• Program Usage
  1. Type the name of executable (e.g. xlate from the example above). Then type a series of lines of either morse code or text and the program will print the translation after each line. End by typing <control>D.
     Example:
     xlate
     Hi! My name is Sandy.
     .... .. ! -- -.-- -. .- -- . .. ... ... .- -. -.. -.-- |
     Morse code is fun.
     -- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. . .. ... ..-. ..- -. |
     ^D
     

  2. Redirect input from a file containing either Morse code or text, and the program will print the translation to the screen.
     Example:
     xlate < myMorsefile

  3. To make a translated file from an input file, redirect both input and output.
     Example:
     xlate < myMorsefile > myTextfile

• Features
  1. The translation from text to Morse is non-standard, so the Morse to text part will work best using Morse created by the program.
  2. Morse lines are much longer that text lines, and no provision was made for keeping them a reasonable size.

• Programming Notes
  • The _ for dash was changed to - because it was easier to read -- as 2 dashes, as opposed to __.
  • The problem of what to do with the first character read in to decide whether the input was Morse or text was never dealt with, so we solved it by putting the cin for each translator at the end of the loop instead of the beginning.
  • The translation of , was never standardized, so that was fixed, using the original assignment as a guide.
  • The code for the translation key (cheat sheet) is currently commented out, so that files created by the program can be directly translated by the program.
  • Except for a few typos, everyones code worked! Integrating took <2 hours, from editing the random mail messages to getting output. That is pretty good for code from so many people!!

Fall 1996 Course Information

• Office hours
• Phone: 763-1156 (EECS 1213) 936-1564 (176 ATL)
• email: bartlett@eecs.umich.edu

Class

• Lecture: Thursdays Sept 12 - Oct 3, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, 3336 Media Union
  
• Lab: Sat. and Sun. Sept 14 - Oct 5, 9am - noon, 3336 Media Union
  

Textbook

• Data Structures with C++, by Ford and Topp, pub. Prentice Hall

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Some C++ Programming Resources

• A very good place for looking up C/C++ resources.
• More advanced sample C++ source code.