CPSC 231: Assignment 3 (Marking Key)

Coding style

• Appropriate use of white space (source code)

• Self-documenting variable, constant and function names.

• No global variables (global constants are OK)

• No magic numbers (using named constants instead)

• Deep nesting of if statements and loops is avoided (max 3 levels of nesting)

• Boolean expressions are simple and easy to read

Sub total

16

Documentation

• Header documentation includes name and tutorial section

• Header documentation contains description of program.

• In line documentation used for blocks of code

Sub total

6

Code design

• Code contains at least 5 functions. (Half marks if code contains at least 3 functions)

• Each function has a single well-defined task

• Each function has at most 20 lines of code

• Code duplication is minimized

Sub total

13

Functionality (only qualify for these marks if the program runs)

• Prompts for date of birth

• Continually re-prompts the user if the birth year is outside the valid range

• Continually re-prompts the user if the birth month is outside the valid range

• Continually re-prompts the user if the birth day is outside of valid range.

• Continually re-prompts the user if the birth day is not valid for the birth month entered by the user.

• Gives clear and helpful error messages

• Displays a life path number based on input

• Displays correct life path number

• Correctly reduces numbers to a single digit

• Month is correctly reduced to single digit

• Day is correctly reduced to single digit

• Year is correctly reduced to single digit

• Sum of results is reduced correctly to a single digit

OVERALL ASSIGNMENT TOTAL

53