A-level Computing 2009/AQA/Problem Solving, Programming, Data Representation and Practical Exercise/Skeleton code/2015 Exam/Section C

Validation Error Checking Example Question Example Answer Ways to crash game In VB, if you type 18 then 08. The game crashes - fix this. Function CheckMoveIsLegal(ByVal Board(,) As String, ByVal StartRank As Integer, ByVal StartFile As Integer, ByVal FinishRank As Integer, ByVal FinishFile As Integer, ByVal WhoseTurn As Char) As Boolean Dim PieceType As Char Dim PieceColour As Char If FinishFile = StartFile And FinishRank = StartRank Then Return False End If PieceType = Board(StartRank, StartFile)(1) PieceColour = Board(StartRank, StartFile)(0) If FinishRank = 0 Or FinishFile = 0 Then 'This is the required if statement Return False End If Variables Variables What is this function for? (code in answer) If Asc(SampleGame) >= 97 And Asc(SampleGame) <= 122 Then SampleGame = Chr(Asc(SampleGame) - 32) End If This converts lowercase to uppercase by using ASCII values. {{CPTQuestion|What simple function can replace this code with? If Asc(SampleGame) >= 97 And Asc(SampleGame) <= 122 Then SampleGame = Chr(Asc(SampleGame) - 32) End If (Answer in Code) SampleGame = Ucase(SampleGame) Give the name of the identifier of a Constant BoardDimension Give the name of the identifier of a Fixed Value Variable SampleGame Give the name of a Most Wanted Holder Variable GetMove Give the name of the identifier of a Stepper Variable fileNo Give the name of the identifier of a Temporary Variable Board Give the name of the identifier of a Transformation Variable StartRank Loops Loops What is the difference between a repeat until loop and a for loop The 'for' loop will run a set number of times and finish when the count is complete. A repeat until loop will run until a condition has been met, the condition is checked at the end of the loop so it is possible for the loop to run once Example Question Example Answer Example Question Example Answer Sub Routines Sub Routine Give an example of a SubRoutine whose only role is to output DisplayWinner, displayWhoseTurnItIs Extra Stuff Extra Stuff Why is System.Math imported? To allow the use of Abs() in the process of checking whether moves are legal. Why is Abs used? To return the absolute value. This is needed because the result of (FinishFile - StartFile) or (FinishRank - StartRank) may be a negative number, whilst the move is still legal. The Abs function returns the positive alternative, which prevents the program from crashing