Mini Assignment #5 Linked Lists and Modular Programming

 COMP 206 School of Computer Science

Software Systems
Mini Assignment #5

Linked Lists and Modular Programming
This assignment explores malloc, makefile, modular programming, and git.
The central problem you will solve is a linked-list like the one shown in the lecture slides. You do
not need to use the lecture slides.
Construct a modular program from three sources files: main.c, list.c and list.h. The file main.c
will be used to call the functions provided by the file list.c. The file list.c builds a private linkedlist within the list.c named space. The file list.h contains the definition of the list’s node
structure. Use #ifndef to protect the possible multiple inclusion of list.h, as we talked about in
class.
Use a makefile to compile your assignment. Use git to version control the development of your
assignment. To prove that you used a makefile submit your makefile file. To prove that you used
git, save the output from git log into a text file and submit that file.
The program will run as follows:
• The main() function uses a while loop accepting only positive integer numbers (n0) from
the user. The loop terminates once the user enters a non-positive value. The user is
prompted for each number one at a time.
• In the loop, main() calls functions from the list.o named space that creates a private linked
list using malloc.
• The following function signatures are supported by list.c:
o void newList();
▪ This function assumes there is a private global linked-list pointer in list.c
called head that is used to point to the beginning of a linked-list. This
function call simply initializes this pointer to NULL.
o int addNode(int value);
▪ This function mallocs a new node and copies the parameter value into the
node. This function then adds the node to the head of the linked-list. The
function ends by returning true for success and false for failure. A node has
the following structure: struct NODE { int data; struct NODE *next; }.
o void prettyPrint();
▪ This function assumes a global pointer called head exists. Using this head
pointer is traverses the linked-list printing all the values stored in the list.
• When the loop terminates the program prints to screen all the numbers in the list. The
output should be in reverse order.
• The program then terminates.
• Do NOT use recursion.
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WHAT TO HAND IN
Submit your .c files, makefile, and gitlog.txt files.
The TA will compile and run your program on the Trottier computers.
HOW IT WILL BE GRADED
Points removed for bad practices:
• -1 for not following instructions
• -1 for not indenting, spacing, and/or commenting
• -1 for not using good variable names
This assignment is worth 20 points:
• +2 main()
• +4 List.c functions as described
• +4 Private data structure
• +4 #ifndef and list.h usage
• +2 GIT usage
• +4 Correct makefile usage