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Chapter 1
An Introduction
Small Basic and Programming
Computer Programming is defined as the process of creating computer software usingprogramming
languages. Just like we speak and understand ... graphics window allows you to customize its appearance to your desire. You can change the title,
the background and its size. Let’s go ahead and modify it a bit, just to get familiar with the ... or Spanish or French, computers can understand
programs written in certain languages. These are called programming languages. In the beginning there
were just a few programming languages and...
... understand how they work, and mayb e writing short programs of your own to test
your understanding. And you should try to appreciate and absorb the pragmatics—this means
learning how to use the language ... can’t say exactly what that means! Java is
meant to run on many different platforms, and standard output will mean different things on
different platforms. However, you can expect the message to ... aspects of programming: data and instructions. To wor k with
(online)
data, you need to understand variables and types; to work with instructions, you need to
understand control structures and subroutines....
... which programming language you use. You can learn programming
using any high-level programming language such as Python, Java, C++, or C#. Once you know
how to program in one language, it is easy to ... concepts and techniques on
selections, loops, and functions before writing custom classes.
The best way to teach programming is by example, and the only way to learn programming
is by doing. Basic ... context using a wide variety of
interesting examples and exercises.
Sincerely,
Y. Daniel Liang
y.daniel.liang@gmail.com
www.cs.armstrong.edu/liang
www.pearsonhighered.com/liang
what is programming?
why...
... need to change to your new folder; the cd within MATLAB allows you
to change directories. In MATLAB6 you can use the symbol at the top of
the control environment to change the working directory and ... sec-
ond command changes your working directory to Matlab
Files and the third
command invokes MATLAB (to check that you are in the correct directory use
the command pwd to ‘print working directory’). ... g(x)=x
2
+1,
f(x)g(x) and f (x)/g(x) for the range x ∈ [−1, 1]. (You need to decide how
many points to use to get a smooth curve, and whether to set up the vector x
either using the colon construction...
... especial thanks to
Jim Blandy, Noah Friedman, Jim Kingdon, Roland McGrath, Frank Ritter,
Randy Smith, Richard M. Stallman, and Melissa Weisshaus. My thanks
also go to both Philip Johnson and David ... used
as an argument to a function that requires one. We can see this by using
other-buffer and switch -to- buffer to switch to a different buffer.
But first, a brief introductionto the switch -to- buffer ... it
came from ceases to matter once the value is known.
A symbol can have any value attached to it or, to use the jargon, we can
bind the variable to a value: to a number, such as 72; to a string, "such...
... programming language. You can use Emacs
Lisp as you would any other programming language.
Perhaps you want to understand programming; perhaps you want to ex-
tend Emacs; or perhaps you want to ... especial thanks to
Jim Blandy, Noah Friedman, Jim Kingdon, Roland McGrath, Frank Ritter,
Randy Smith, Richard M. Stallman, and Melissa Weisshaus. My thanks
also go to both Philip Johnson and David ... historical meaning of the word atom, which means ‘indivis-
ible’. As far as Lisp is concerned, the words we have been using in the lists
cannot be divided into any smaller parts and still mean...
... used
as an argument to a function that requires one. We can see this by using
other-buffer and switch -to- buffer to switch to a different buffer.
But first, a brief introductionto the switch -to- buffer ... tell humans what it
means. The choice of name is up to the programmer and should be chosen
to make the meaning of the function clear.
Indeed, you can choose any name you wish for a symbol in an argument
list, ... thousands of lines
long—too long to be conveniently displayed; and, another buffer may have
the same contents but a different name, and it is important to distinguish
between them.
Here is an expression...
... complex
function. It shows how to use let and save-excursion, and how to change
to and come back from another buffer. Many function definitions use let,
save-excursion, and set-buffer this way.
4.5 Review
Here ... unfamiliar
function, such as goto-char, you can find out what it does by using the
describe-function command. To use this command, type C-h f and then
type in the name of the function and press
RET
. ... already
been created, you will have to create it yourself.
To create a ‘TAGS’ file in a specific directory, switch to that directory
in Emacs using M-x cd command, or list the directory with C-x d (dired).
Then...
... Chapter 8: Cutting and Storing Text
8.1 zap -to- char
The zap -to- char function barely changed between GNU Emacs version
19 and GNU Emacs version 21. However, zap -to- char calls another func-
tion, ... would not expect a user to change and for variables that you
do expect a user to change. Although you can still use defvar for user cus-
tomizable variables, please use defcustom instead, since that ... output.
")
This means that you could (and still can) use the edit-options command
to change the value of shell-command-default-error-buffer temporarily.
However, options set using edit-options...
... yank and yank-
pop functions is:
(insert (car kill-ring-yank-pointer))
To begin to understand how yank and yank-pop work, it is first necessary
to look at the kill-ring-yank-pointer variable and ... a row; and the total number of pebbles, which is
what we want to calculate. These variables can be named number-of-rows,
number-of-pebbles-in-row, and total, respectively.
Both total and number-of-pebbles-in-row ... evaluated, a new instance of it is created
and told what to do. The arguments tell the instance what to do.
An argument is b ound to the value of the next-step-expression. Each
instance runs with a...
... (triangle-recursively 7) can calculate its answer, it must call
(triangle-recursively 6); and before (triangle-recursively 6) can
calculate its answer, it must call (triangle-recursively 5); and ... source directory.
To build this ‘TAGS’ file, go to the top level of your Emacs source directory
and run the compile command make tags:
M-x compile RET make tags RET
(The make tags command works ... \t\n")
(goto-char par-end)))
(setq arg (1- arg))))
The function looks long at first sight and it is best to look at its skeleton
first, and then its muscle. The way to see the skeleton is to look...
... number-within-range 0) ; Reset count to zero.
;; Move to next range.
(setq top-of-ranges (cdr top-of-ranges))
;; Specify next top of range value.
(setq top-of-range (car top-of-ranges)))
;; Exit ... defuns-per-range (sorted-lengths top-of-ranges)
"SORTED-LENGTHS defuns in each TOP-OF-RANGES range."
(let ((top-of-range (car top-of-ranges))
(number-within-range 0)
defuns-per-range-list)
;; ... will want our new function, files-in-below-directory, to list the
‘.el’ files in the directory it is told to check, and in any directories below
that directory.
This gives us a hint on how to construct...
... good many suggestions as to what to
put into your own ‘.emacs’ file, or into a site-wide initialization file.
16.2 Specifying Variables using defcustom
You can specify variables using defcustom so ... and others can
then can use Emacs’ customize feature to set their values. (You cannot use
customize to write function definitions; but you can write defuns in your
‘.emacs’ file. Indeed, you can ... “You don’t have to like Emacs to like it” — your own Emacs
can have different colors, different commands, and different keys than a
default Emacs.
On the other hand, if you want to bring up a plain...