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Laboratory Week of January 30-February 5
DUE: 11:55 p.m. on your lab day during week of February 13-19 Base Conversions Objectives:
Write a complete program; Learn the use of looping structures and the switch statement. Learn about number bases.
Background:
We are used to base 10 numbers where each column is a power of 10 and has a range of 0 to 9. In computers we also commonly use other bases like base 2, 8 and 16. In general each column of a number is a power of the base with a range of 0 to the (base 1). So in base 8 the range of digits in a column is 0 to 7 and a 10 represents 8. Base 16 the range of digits in a column is 0 to F, 0, 1, 2, ... 9, A, B, C, D, E, F and a 10 base 16 is 16 base 10.
Assignment:
Write a program to convert a positive whole base 10 number from 0 to 255 to a base from 2 to 16. The program will ask for a number then the base to convert it to. Then it will output the original base 10 number in the new base. For example: the number 2 is entered to be converted to base 2, and the output says "2 base 10 is 10 base 2". Then the program asks if the user wants to covert another number. Rules: Your program must error check each of the two inputs looping until a legal number is entered. Your program use must a switch statement to decide what each digit of the new number is. For example in base 16: a 10 is A, an 11 is B and so forth. Your program must use a loop to do the conversion with decimal % base, then decimal / base.
Submitting the Program
Your laboratory instructor will set up the WebCt page for your laboratory section. Submit your final program via WebCt. NOTE: Submit only the C# source file. DO NOT submit any executable file (.exe).
The algorithms:
The main loop.
Create an empty string S Get a number N between 0 and 255 inclusive. Get a base B between 2 and 16 inclusive. While the number is > 0 Get a digit using N % B Send the digit to a switch statement to convert it to a string, C Put the character C on the FRONT o...