Due Dates: Note these are modified!!

• For Students registered for M,W,F Lectures: Thursday 10/29/98
• For Students registered for T,Th Lectures:  Monday 11/2/98

Notes on the assignment

In order to work on this assignment, you are to use the "Open File" option in the Netscape browser to view and run your assignment. Remember that this will only open a file on the physical machine that you are working with. If you are running Netscape on one of the EECS machines, you can open any file in your account (not only the ones in your WWW directory). If you are not running Netscape on one of the EECS machines, you will have to transfer the file to the machine your are working on before you can open the file in Netscape. To transfer the file, use either FTP or Fetch.

Another note on academic dishonesty, you should never show your written code for an assignment to another student. You may discuss ideas related to the project, but code must be entirely written on your own. If you and another student must discuss code, you must discuss an example other than the assignment.

The Assignment

The random() method return a value between 0.0 and 1.0 when called. You are to modify this result to get the random integer value. The modification is done as follows:

1. Multiply the result from random() by the maximum value.
2. Use the JavaScript ceiling function to convert this to an integer.
3. If the integer is zero, redo the above steps until the integer is not zero.

The program must have the following features:

• A generate button. When clicked by the user, a new random integer will be created.
• A selection box. The maximum value is selected from a selection box that lists commonly used maximum values plus an option to allow the user to enter any value wished. The common maximum values that are to be listed in the selection box are:
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 6
  5. 8
  6. 10
  7. 12
  8. 20
  9. 100
  When the page is initially loaded, the currently selected maximum value must be 10. The last option in the selection box is for the user to enter their own maximum value. When the generate button is clicked and the user has selected the option to enter their own maximum value, the program must display a JavaScript prompt dialog box which asked the user to enter the maximum value. The default value of this dialog box must initially be 5 and then be whatever was the last value entered by the user in this box.
• An answer text field. This text field will contain the most recently generated random integer. Initially this field should be blank.
• A total text field. This text field will keep the total of the recently generated random integers. Initially this field is to have the value of zero. Refer to the clear button below for more information.
• A count text field. A text field that counts the number of random integers that have been total in the previous text field. Initially this field is to have the value of zero. Refer to the clear button below for more information.
• A clear button. When this button is clicked, it will return the total and count text fields to zero.

Make sure your code is written using good programming style. This includes the use of comments, indentation, blank lines and meaningful identifier names. Each function that you write must have comments at the start explaining the purpose of the function. Also, at the top of your HTML file must have a comment explaining the purpose of the file including your name, and lab section day and time. Even though this comment may be very similar to the description written on the page itself, descriptions in both locations are required.

For a total of 10 points extra credit, you can add to your page an additional text field and an check box. The text box is used to allow the user to get the results of multiple random integers by only clicking the generation button once. For example, if the multiple roll text box contained the value of 5, the results of 5 different random integers would be displayed after clicking the generate button. This means that the answer text field would only contain the value of the last random integer, but the total and count text fields would be updated to reflect all 5 random integers. The check box is used to automatically clear the total and count text fields each time the generate button is clicked. This way, the total and count fields only contain information about the last set of integers created.

As always, late assignments will not be accepted.

You must electronically submit your assignment using the UNIX command turnin. Note that since this assignment does not have to be in your WWW directory, you will be graded based on what is turned in. If you do not turn in your assignment correctly, your grade will suffer. To electronically hand in your assignment using the UNIX turnin type one of the following commands depending on which lecture your are registered, where FILELIST is the names of all of the files you are submitting.

• For Students registered for M,W,F Lectures type:
   turnin -ceecs101 -pmp4a FILELIST
• For Students registered for T,Th Lectures type:
   turnin -ceecs101 -pmp4b FILELIST