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CSC 107 – Programming For Science
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Follow-Up From Last Lecture
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Announcements
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George Boole Mathematician from English middle-class Lived from 1815 – 1864 Started work at age 16 as a teaching assistant Held two assistantships to support family Opened own school after many years of work In 1847 wrote Mathematical Analysis of Logic
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Mathematical Analysis of Logic Boole’s book proposed new logical system World began with 2 values– though more created Devised rules to add, subtract, & multiply Work ignored during Boole’s lifetime System only had 2 values, so what was the point? What is done with developer of pointless knowledge? Basis for most technology in the modern age All it took was a simple little discovery…
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Gate Combines input(s) to generate output signal Like most electronics, uses “on-off” state Input is "off", if line drops below 3.3 volts From 3.3 - 5 volts, an input is considered on Gate is deep fried silicon if line goes above 5 volts, Like Boole’s logic, electronics have 2 values Simple gates combine to make modern circuitry All initially part of Boolean algebra Basis of programming at the lowest, rawest level
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Truth Table Normal way that Boolean functions presented All combinations of inputs shown in this table This is really easy, inputs must be true or false Output shown for each of the possible inputs Given how it sounds, not at all complicated Very simple rules to follow to construct Does requires you count up to 2
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NOT Gate Simplest gate: computes opposite of input Output false when input true; Output true when input false; !a Written in C++ as !a a is gate’s input a !a!a!a!a true false a !a!a
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OR Gate Equivalent to addition in Boolean algebra If either input is true is going to be checked true when either a OR b are true; false otherwise a || b Written in C++ as a || b a & b are both inputs to gate ab a || b false true false true a b a || b
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AND Gate Equivalent to multiplication in Boolean algebra If both inputs are true is going to be checked True when a AND b are true; false otherwise a && b Written in C++ as a && b a & b are both inputs to gate a b a && b ab false true false true
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Boolean Values 3 boolean functions can combine into computer Billions of gates combined by engineers to make CPU (a && b) || (a && !c) Could use, for example: (a && b) || (a && !c) But how to generate inputs for these functions First need boolean values of true and false Easy in hardware (true is any signal > 3.3V) But how could we do get values within our program?
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Relational Operators < ( less than) > ( greater than) <= ( less than of equal to) >= ( greater than of equal to) != ( inequality ≠) == ( equality – if two things have same value)
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Relational Operators
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Assignment vs. Comparison
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Relational Operators Relational operators compute bool Like any expression, can be used in any statements int nfl = 32; bool team = 0 > 6; bool group = 45 <= nfl; bool gang = nfl == 32; team = sqrt(144) == 12.0; group = (133 == pow(12, 2)); gang = (group == team);
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Your Turn Get in groups & work on following activity
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For Next Lecture Read sections 2.1 – 2.9 for Monday Why do programmers never wash their hair? How do we discuss & display program ideas? Why do coders have flow? How can we chart this? Week #3 weekly assignment due Tuesday Problems available on Angel If problem takes more than 10 minutes, TALK TO ME!
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