Problem Set 2
Collaboration on problem sets is not permitted except to the extent that you may ask classmates and others for help so long as that help does not reduce to another doing your work for you, per the course’s policy on academic honesty.
What to Do
- Log into code.cs50.io using your GitHub account
- Run
update50
in your codespace’s terminal window to ensure your codespace is up-to-date and, when prompted, click Rebuild now -
Submit Readability
Getting Started
Start by clicking inside your terminal window, then execute
cd
by itself. You should find that its “prompt” resembles the below.$
Click inside of that terminal window and then execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/psets/2/readability.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a ZIP called
readability.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter!Now execute
unzip readability.zip
to create a folder called
readability
. You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can executerm readability.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt to remove the ZIP file you downloaded. Finally, right-click or control-click on the
readability
folder and click “Open in CS50 Lab”. You should see the specification for this problem on the left-hand side and its distribution code on the right-hand side. - Submit one of:
- Bulbs, if feeling less comfortable
Getting Started
Start by clicking inside your terminal window, then execute
cd
by itself. You should find that its “prompt” resembles the below.$
Click inside of that terminal window and then execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/psets/2/bulbs.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a ZIP called
bulbs.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter!Now execute
unzip bulbs.zip
to create a folder called
bulbs
. You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can executerm bulbs.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt to remove the ZIP file you downloaded. Finally, right-click or control-click on the
bulbs
folder and click “Open in CS50 Lab”. You should see the specification for this problem on the left-hand side and its distribution code on the right-hand side. - Caesar, if feeling less comfortable
Getting Started
Start by clicking inside your terminal window, then execute
cd
by itself. You should find that its “prompt” resembles the below.$
Click inside of that terminal window and then execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/psets/2/caesar.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a ZIP called
caesar.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter!Now execute
unzip caesar.zip
to create a folder called
caesar
. You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can executerm caesar.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt to remove the ZIP file you downloaded. Finally, right-click or control-click on the
caesar
folder and click “Open in CS50 Lab”. You should see the specification for this problem on the left-hand side and its distribution code on the right-hand side. - Substitution, if feeling more comfortable
Getting Started
Start by clicking inside your terminal window, then execute
cd
by itself. You should find that its “prompt” resembles the below.$
Click inside of that terminal window and then execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/psets/2/substitution.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a ZIP called
substitution.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter!Now execute
unzip substitution.zip
to create a folder called
substitution
. You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can executerm substitution.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt to remove the ZIP file you downloaded. Finally, right-click or control-click on the
substitution
folder and click “Open in CS50 Lab”. You should see the specification for this problem on the left-hand side and its distribution code on the right-hand side. - Wordle50 if feeling more comfortable
Getting Started
Start by clicking inside your terminal window, then execute
cd
by itself. You should find that its “prompt” resembles the below.$
Click inside of that terminal window and then execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/psets/2/wordle.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a ZIP called
wordle.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter!Now execute
unzip wordle.zip
to create a folder called
wordle
. You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can executerm wordle.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt to remove the ZIP file you downloaded. Finally, right-click or control-click on the
wordle
folder and click “Open in CS50 Lab”. You should see the specification for this problem on the left-hand side and its distribution code on the right-hand side.
- Bulbs, if feeling less comfortable
- Submit this form
You may submit more than one of Bulbs, Caesar, Substitution, or Wordle50. We’ll record the single highest of your scores among those problems.
When to Do It
How to Get Help
- Browse or search for answers on Ed!
-
Verbalize your logic to a rubber duck (whether actual or virtual!) and see if you hear any illogic in your own words!
- Sign up for a tutorial!
- Attend office hours!
Advice
- Try out any of David’s programs from class via Week 2’s examples.
- To see the manual pages for C functions, visit manual.cs50.io.
- If you see any errors when compiling your code with
make
, focus first on fixing the very first error you see, scrolling up as needed. If unsure what it means, try askinghelp50
for help. For instance, if trying to compilereadability
, andmake readability
is yielding errors, try running
help50 make readability
instead!