CPSC 231: Assignment 2 (Marking Key)

Coding style (marks independent of program functionality)

• Appropriate use of white space (source code)

• Self-documenting variable and constant names.

• Use of named constants as appropriate

• Boolean and mathematical expressions are simple and easy to read

Sub total

11

Documentation (marks independent of program functionality)

• Header documentation includes name and tutorial section

• Header documentation contains description of program.

• Some form of versioning system is demonstrated in the header documentation

• In line documentation used for blocks of code

Sub total

6

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 (not hard-coded/fixed)

• 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 (Letter grade)

35