CS 112 Introduction to Programming

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CS 112 Introduction to Programming

• Lecture 2
• Programming Language Levelsand Java Program
  Structure
• Richard Yang

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Outline

• Programming language levels
• Structure of a Java program
• Compiling and running our first Java program

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Programming Language Levels

• Each type of CPU has its own specific machine
  language
• Other levels were created to make it easier for a
  human being to write programs
• Overall, there are many different programming
  language levels
• machine language
• assembly language
• high-level language

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Example Machine Code Fragment

• 177312 137272 001400 026400 017400 000012 000007
  004420
• 010400 011000 000010 005023 012000 012400 000010
  003426
• 013400 000007 000430 003000 064474 064556 037164
  000001
• 024003 053051 000001 041404 062157 000545 007400
  064514
• 062556 072516 061155 071145 060524 066142 000545
  002000
• 060555 067151 000001 024026 046133 060552 060566
  066057
• 067141 027547 072123 064562 063556 024473 000526
  005000
• 067523 071165 062543 064506 062554 000001 046014
  067151
• 067543 067154 065056 073141 006141 004000 004400
  000007
• 006031 015000 015400 000001 040433 070440 067565
  062564
• 060552 060566 064457 027557 071120 067151 051564
  071164
• 060545 000555 003400 071160 067151 066164 000556
  012400
• 046050 060552 060566 066057 067141 027547 072123
  064562
• 063556 024473 000126 000041 000006 000007 000000
  000000
• 000002 000001 000010 000011 000001 000012 000000
  000035
• 000001 000001 000000 025005 000267 130401 000000
  000400
• 005400 000000 003000 000400 000000 003400 004400
  006000
• 006400 000400 005000 000000 030400 001000 000400
  000000
• 010400 000262 011002 133003 002000 000262 011002
  133005

A number specifies what actions the computer
should take.
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Example Assembly Code Fragment

• movl (edx,eax), ecx
• movl 12(ebp), eax
• leal 0(,eax,4), edx
• movl nodes, eax
• movl (edx,eax), eax
• fldl (ecx)
• fsubl (eax)
• movl 8(ebp), eax
• leal 0(,eax,4), edx
• movl nodes, eax
• movl (edx,eax), ecx
• movl 12(ebp), eax
• leal 0(,eax,4), edx
• movl nodes, eax

Symbols to help programmers to remember the words.
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Example C/Java Code Fragment

• int neighbor(int i, int j)
• double disx (nodesi.x - nodesj.x)
• double disy (nodesi.y - nodesj.y)
• double distance2 disx disx disy disy
• double distance sqrt(distance2)
• if (distance lt radius)
• return 1
• else
• return 0

You do not need to understand the exact meaning
of this program, jus the feeling.
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Programming Languages

• A program must be translated into machine
  language before it can be executed on a
  particular type of CPU
• This can be accomplished in several ways
• A compiler is a software tool which translates
  source code into a specific target language
• Often, that target language is the machine
  language for a particular CPU type
• The Java approach is somewhat different

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Java Translation and Execution

• The Java compiler translates Java source code
  (.java files) into a special representation
  called bytecode (in .class files)
• Java bytecode is not the machine language for any
  traditional CPU, but a virtual machine
• Therefore the Java compiler is not tied to any
  particular machine
• Java is considered to be architecture-neutral
• Another software tool, called an interpreter,
  translates bytecode into machine language and
  executes it

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Java Translation and Execution
Java source code
Java bytecode
Java compiler
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Development Environments

• There are many development environments which
  develop Java software
• Sun Java Software Development Kit (SDK), Forte
  for Java
• Borland JBuilder
• MetroWork CodeWarrior
• Microsoft Visual J
• Symantec Café
• Though the details of these environments differ,
  the basic compilation and execution process is
  essentially the same

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Outline

• Programming languages
• Structure of a Java program
• Compiling and running our first Java program

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Java Program Structure

• In the Java programming language
• A program is made up of one or more classes
• A class contains one or more methods
• A Java application always contains a method
  called main
• A method contains program statements
• These terms will be explored in detail throughout
  the course

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Java Program Structure
// comments about the class
public class MyProgram

class header
class body
Comments can be added almost anywhere
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Java Program Structure
// comments about the class
public class MyProgram

System.out.println(Hello Java!) System.out.prin
tln(This is from cs112!)
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Comments

• Comments in a program are also called inline
  documentation
• They should be included to explain the purpose of
  the program and describe processing steps
• They do not affect how a program works
• Java comments can take two forms

// this comment runs to the end of the line
/ this comment runs to the terminating
symbol, even across line breaks /
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Identifiers

• Identifiers are the words that a programmer uses
  in a program
• An identifier can be made up of letters, digits,
  the underscore character (_), and the dollar sign
• They cannot begin with a digit
• Java is case sensitive, therefore Total and total
  are different identifiers

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Identifiers

• Sometimes we choose identifiers ourselves when
  writing a program (such as myProgram)
• Sometimes we are using another programmer's code,
  so we use the identifiers that they chose (such
  as println)
• Often we use special identifiers called reserved
  words that already have a predefined meaning in
  the language
• A reserved word cannot be used in any other way

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Reserved Words

• The Java reserved words

abstract boolean break byte byvalue case cast catc
h char class const continue
default do double else extends false final finally
float for future generic
goto if implements import inner instanceof int int
erface long native new null
operator outer package private protected public re
st return short static super switch
synchronized this throw throws transient true try
var void volatile while
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White Space

• Spaces, blank lines, and tabs are collectively
  called white space
• White space is used to separate words and symbols
  in a program
• Extra white space is ignored
• A valid Java program can be formatted in many
  different ways
• Programs should be formatted to enhance
  readability, using consistent indentation
• See Lincoln2.java and Lincoln3.java of the text
  book

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Syntax and Semantics

• The syntax rules of a language define how we can
  put symbols, reserved words, and identifiers
  together to make a valid program
• The semantics of a program statement define what
  that statement means (its purpose or role in a
  program)
• A program that is syntactically correct is not
  necessarily logically (semantically) correct
• A program will always do what we tell it to do,
  not what we meant to tell it to do

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Errors

• A program can have three types of errors
• The compiler will find problems with syntax and
  other basic issues (compile-time errors)
• If compile-time errors exist, an executable
  version of the program is not created
• A problem can occur during program execution,
  such as trying to divide by zero, which causes a
  program to terminate abnormally (run-time errors)
• A program may run, but produce incorrect results
  (logical errors)

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Outline

• Programming languages
• Structure of a Java program
• Compiling and running our first Java program

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HelloJava.java

• // A Java application to print a message
• public class HelloJava
• / each Java app. needs the main method /
• public static void main(String args)
• System.out.println(Hello Java!)