Questions tagged [pset2]
The problem set for Week 2 continues with the C programming language used in problem set 1.
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How to Wrap Around Array Indexes?
I have the Vigenere encryption portion working properly, but can't seem to figure out how to wrap around argv[1] indexes.
My first for loop declared two ints, i and j, and incremented each int with ...
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How to handle the lack of argv[1] in caesar?
I think my program handles lack of argv[1] correctly, yet it fails check50's test. here my code:
if ( argc != 2 )
printf ("usage : ./caesar + key \n");
return 1;
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How to Ignore Ciphering Non-Alphabetical Characters in Vigenere?
I get these 3 errors when checking viginere with check50
:( encrypts "world, say hello!" as "xoqmd, rby gflkp!" using "baz" as keyword
\ expected output, but not "xomqd, szz gflkp!\n"
:( encrypts ...
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Caesar code only works correctly when I add a random printf statement
My Caesar code seems to be working correctly in this form:
#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
// validates that the key is only numbers
int validate_key(...
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Initials program results in "Segmentation fault(core dump)?
I'm doing the first problem in pset2 and having issues with segmentation faults. Whenever I run the program and enter a string, the error occurs. Based on the lecture I'm assuming it has something to ...
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Pset-2 Caesar Cipher : Output not matching
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
int main (int argc, string argv[])
{
if (argc != 2)
{
printf("...
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Pset2 initials problem with printing extra initials
I'm struggling with printing the initials after the first name, I'm following the less comfortable specs, my pseudocode;
//prompt user for name and store as string
//convert strlen to an integer
//...
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I can't check my exercise (pset2, caesar)
I have a problem with ceasar.
text of my code:
#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
//desribe of values
//int i - number of arguments
//int n - lenght of ...
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pset2 - caesar - check 50 passes except for one weird error
Here's what I'm getting back - thoughts on how to fix this?
jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox/pset2): check50 2014/x/pset2/caesar caesar.c
:) caesar.c exists
:) caesar.c compiles
:) encrypts "a" as "b" ...
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What's the point of the modulo operation in the Caesar cipher formula?
According to the problem set specification, the formula for encrypting a message using the Caesar cipher is:
ci = (pi + k) % 26
I don't get why you need to do modulo 26. What does it even do here?
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Expression result unused in Vigenere
I am getting this error: expression result unused and I don't know what that means. I use the code it's pointing to (green underline), just like I do in my Caesar cipher which works:
The other posts ...
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Pset2 - Crack: How to iterate through all combinations of alphabet
Probably a silly question, but please bear with me as I'm pretty new to this.
I'm stuck with Crack in Pset2. Can't wrap my head around how to go about iterating through all combinations of alphabet.
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Pset2 Caesar: extra letter printed at the end of ciphertext
I have test many cases and most of them are fine except the following one:
~/workspace/pset2/caesar/ $ ./caesar 2
plaintext: I love tea
ciphertext: K nqxg vgcB
Where does the extra letter "B" come ...
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Pset3 help : vigenere error
I have this error.
Please Help
~/workspace/pset2/ $ make vigenere
clang -fsanitize=signed-integer-overflow -fsanitize=undefined -ggdb3 -O0 -std=c11 -Wall -Werror -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow ...
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Why doesn't caesar pass check50 even though the output is correct?
I have solved caesar, but check50 is not recognizing my results as correct.
:) caesar.c exists
:) caesar.c compiles
:( encrypts "a" as "b" using 1 as key
\ expected output, but not "b"
:( encrypts ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) in caesar
After starting caesar with an additional argument and providing the sentence that needs to be encrypted, the Terminal shows this response:
jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox/pset2): ./caesar 1
abcdef
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pset2 - readability - grades slightly off
I have a problem that I have not been able to diagnose on my own or by perusing this stack overflow.
The the tests are here.
All of the index values are correct except for the grade seven sentence ...
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Pset 2 Caesar doesnt output spaces correctly and more :(
Really having a hard time doing this caesar problem my cipher text is not taking spaces to account and when I type in ./caesar by itself it gives me a message like this:
caesar.c:10:18: runtime ...
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Can't get the 'z' using % 26 on my Vigenère Cypher
I've been trying for a while to get this right but I guess I can't do the math.
I'm using this line to encrypt each character for the Vigenères Cypher:
int letter = ((p(i) - 96) + (k[j] - 97) % 26 + ...
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pset2 caesar, key is always zero [duplicate]
#include<stdio.h>
#include<cs50.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<ctype.h>
int main(int argc, string argv[])
{
int i= atoi(argv[1]);
string p = ...
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problem with "z" for vigenere
here is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, string argv[])
{
if (argc != 2)
...
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Vigenere fails check50 test encrypts "BaRFoo" as "CaQGon" using "BaZ" error
Vigenere fails check50 test encrypts "BaRFoo" as "CaQGon" using "BaZ" error, my program output is "caQGoh".
I don't know what's the problem but i guess that this problem apears when there are ...
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Caesar output extra characters in capitals only
My caesar code works well for lower case but adds extra characters for upper case even though I used the same strategy in coding.
:( encrypts "BARFOO" as "EDUIRR" using 3 as a key
\ expected output, ...
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Gradebook issue
So far i have submitted PSET0, PSET1, PSET2, PSET3. I have submitted both standard
and hacker editions.
I have following grades so far:
PSET0....................1.0
PSET1
PSET2...............
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Inaccuracy in Readability Test Case
I have been testing my code with check 50 and one of the test cases - is calculated as Grade 9 in my program vs Grade 8.
https://submit.cs50.io/check50/1bffffe43d39fcfdc8d7a8885bbf59b47b718918
Test ...
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CS50 Readability - Inconsistency in results
This is my 1st post here. I am taking CS50 and I am stuck trying to figure out why the results for this weeks problem set are delivering inconsistent results.
My code is below. It passes most of the ...
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Please help, i keep hitting segmentation faults on this code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, string argv[])
{
if ( argc > 2 || argc < 2 )
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cs50 pset2/vigenere - code doesn't work if text and key differ upper/lower case
I Don't know how to make code work if key is lowercase and text uppercase and vice-versa. Before I considered case sensitivity my code would work except for a few letters. Now it wont output full ...
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pset2 caeser boolean returns
when running the code below with a command line ./caesartest 2, I get the false return 1, not the true, what is wrong? (I began having the trouble after including isdigit)...
#include <cs50.h>
#...
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Pset2, Vigenere error "\ expected output, not a prompt for input" when I run check50
I get this error when I run check50
~/workspace/pset2/ $ check50 2016.vigenere vigenere.c
:) vigenere.c exists
:) vigenere.c compiles
:( encrypts "a" as "a" using "a" as keyword
\ expected output, ...
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extra characters in Vigenere pset2 2016
I am working on the Vigenere pset and seem to be getting the correct encryption but the output has nonsense characters added to it.
For example:
:( encrypts "a" as "a" using "a" as keyword
\ ...
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null pointer passed as argument 1
I had written this function for argument checking but it is showing this type of error
vigenere.c:26:20: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
/usr/...
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Why does strlen of argv become zero in my code?
I was doing the Vigenere cipher and wanted to translate all the characters into ints 0-25 to be used as the key. I got floating point exception core dumped error. I did an inspection of my code and ...
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Ignoring Non-Alphabetical chars in Vigenere [duplicate]
I do not control?? do so each independent encryption
if uppercase text and key do this
if key lowercase text and do this
if uppercase - lowercase text and key do this
if lowercase - uppercase text ...