After the first laboratory assignment several students came to my office and asked questions that were very similar. Thus, this addendum to Chapter 1 was written. When a program is assigned to you the first thing you should do is to understand the problem. Even though you may think that the assignment is very easy and you can do it at the last minute, most of the time this is not the case. Therefore, I require you to solve the problem assigned to you with "paper and pencil" first. If you approach me or the graduate assistant for help with a programming problem, you will be asked show this handwritten work first. If.
