general repo maint & lab 2

LAB-2/Lab2/MessageOutput.java

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+package uwstout.courses.cs144.labs.lab2;
+
+/**
+ * This outputs a message that tests your ability to escape strings.
+ * 
+ * @author Brett Bender
+ * @version 2022.09.20
+ *
+ */
+public class MessageOutput {
+
+	/**
+	 * This outputs a message that tests your ability to escape strings.
+	 * 
+	 * @param args The command line arguments (not used)
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		System.out.println("\tIn Windows, putting the path to a file into the code is a little");
+		System.out.println("difficult as each \"\\\" in the path must be escaped. So, if your");
+		System.out.println("file is located at C:\\temp\\data.csv, then you would need to");
+		System.out.println("escape it so that it looks like C:\\\\temp\\\\data.csv. It is also");
+		System.out.println("good practice to put \"'s around the path. This avoids problems");
+		System.out.println("with spaces in the file name or the path. The \"'s would have");
+		System.out.println("to be escaped as well.");
+	}
+
+}

LAB-2/Lab2/RectangleValues.java

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+package uwstout.courses.cs144.labs.lab2;
+
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * This computes the area and perimeter of a rectangle given the rectangle's
+ * length and width.
+ * 
+ * @author turners
+ * @version 1.0
+ *
+ */
+public class RectangleValues {
+
+	/**
+	 * This computes the area and perimeter of a rectangle given the rectangle's
+	 * length and width.
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 * @param args Command line arguments (not used)
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: (length: 10, width: 10) Expected: (perim: 40, area: 100)
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: (length: 0, width: 9) Expected: (perim: 18, area: 0)
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: (length: -2, width: 4) Expected: (perim: 4, area: -8)
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		double length;
+		double width;
+		double perimeter;
+		double area;
+
+		// Create an object to read in data from the keyboard
+		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
+		// prompt for and read in length and width
+		System.out.println("Enter the length of the rectangle: ");
+		length = scan.nextDouble();
+
+		System.out.println("Enter the width of the rectangle: ");
+		width = scan.nextDouble();
+
+		// compute perimeter and area
+		perimeter = 2 * (length + width);
+		area = length * width;
+
+		// output results
+		System.out.println("For a " + length + " x " + width + " rectangle, the perimeter is " + perimeter
+				+ " and the area is " + area + ".");
+
+		scan.close();
+	}
+}

LAB-2/Lab2/Stones.java

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+package uwstout.courses.cs144.labs.lab2;
+
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * Reads in a value (in stones) and converts it to ounces.
+ * 
+ * @author Brett Bender
+ * @version 2022.09.20
+ */
+public class Stones {
+
+	private static final int STONE_POUNDS_CF = 14;
+	private static final int POUNDS_OUNCES_CF = 16;
+	private static final int STONE_OUNCES_CF = STONE_POUNDS_CF * POUNDS_OUNCES_CF;
+
+	/**
+	 * Reads in a value (in stones) and converts it to ounces.
+	 * 
+	 * @param args Command line arguments (not used)
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: 2 stones Expected: 448 ounces
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: -1 stones Expected: -224 ounces
+	 * 
+	 *             Input: 0 stones Expected: 0 ounces
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+		System.out.println("How heavy is the object in stones?");
+
+		// Read in the weight in stones
+		int stonesIn = scan.nextInt();
+
+		// Calculate the weight in ounces
+		int ouncesOut = stonesIn * STONE_OUNCES_CF;
+
+		// Output it to the user
+		System.out.printf("%d stones in ounces is %d ounces.\n", stonesIn, ouncesOut);
+
+		scan.close();
+	}
+
+}