Section 1.6 - IT 140_ Introduction to Scripting _ zyBooks

 Students: Section 1.6 is a part of 1 assignment: 1-3 zyBooks Participation Activities Includes: PA "My program is correct, but the system is complaining about output whitespace. " 1.6 Why whitespace matters Whitespace and precise formatting For program output, whitespace is any blank space or newline. Most coding activities strictly require a student program's output to exactly match the expected output, including whitespace. Students learning programming often complain: However, correctness often includes output being formatted correctly. PARTICIPATION ACTIVITY 1.6.1: Precisely formatting a meeting invite. PARTICIPATION ACTIVITY 1.6.2: Program correctness includes correctly-formatted output. Consider the example above. 1) The programmer on the left intentionally inserted a newline in the ±rst sentence, namely "Kia Smith ... video meeting". Why? Probably a mistake So the text appears less jagged To provide some randomness to the output 2) The programmer on the right did not end the ±rst sentence with a newline. What effect did that omission have? "Join meeting" appears on the same line No effect 3) The programmer on the left neatly formatted the link, the "Phone:" text, and phone numbers. What did the programmer on the right do? Also neatly formatted those items Output those items without neatly formatting 4) On the right, why did the "Reminder..." text appear on the same line as the separator text "------"? Because programs behave erratically Because the programmer didn't end the output with a newline 5) Whitespace _____ important in program output. is is not Programming is all about precision Programming is all about precision . Programs must be created precisely to run correctly. Ex: Kia Smith is inviting you to a video meeting. Join meeting: http://www.zoomskype.us/5592 Phone: 1-669-555-2634 (San Jose) 1-929-555-4000 (New York) Meeting ID: 5592 ------------------------- Reminder: 10 min before Kia Smith is inviting you to a video meeting. Join meeting: http://www.zoomskype.us/5592 Phone: 1-669-555-2634 (San Jose) 1-929-555-4000 (New York) Meeting ID: 5592 ------------------------- Reminder: 10 min before 1. This program for online meetings not only does computations like scheduling and creating a unique meeting ID, but also outputs text formatted neatly for a calendar event. 2. A calendar program may append more text after the meeting invitation text. 3. The programmer of the invitation on the right wasn't careful with whitespace. "Join meeting" is buried, the link is hard to see, and the "Phone" text is dangling at a line's end. 4. The programmer also didn't end with a newline, causing subsequent text to appear at the end of a line, and even wrap to the next line. This output looks unprofessional. Captions  Feedback? Feedback? Start 2x speed