Compsoc Progcomp

Welcome one and all, this is the second programming competition being run by the computing society during the 2007-8 academic year. It has been split into three parts, for each part you have two weeks from the date of announcement in which to complete the task. Each problem is quite small in nature, and is suitable for both inexperienced and advanced programmers to attempt.

If you have any questions, or problems then please email progcomp@uwcs.co.uk

Results should be announced within two weeks of the completion of each section of the progcomp

For the first part of the competition, the first place prize is a Creative Xen mp3 player, and 2nd place is a copy of the Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth. Due to lack of entries there will be no prizes for the second progcomp. For the third part, an EEE PC will be first place prize, with a Creative Xen mp3 player for second. There is a high quality set of wireless senheisser headphones for third place and the final 2 parts of the art of computer programming for the entrants who came 4th and 5th.

Problem 1

The following is the results table of scores and entries. If you are an entrant you should receive an email with personal comments about your entry. Congratulations to all entrants, and best of luck for progcomp 3.

Person	Performance+Accuracy	Code Quality	Total
D. Bewick	50	32.5	82
T. Monks	40	39.5	79.5
J. Fearnley	30	39	69
YY. Chen	35	32	67
G. Williams	25	39	64
D. Buckley	45	17.5	62.5
C. Lamb	20	42	62
K. Bhardwaj	15	32	47
A. Hazelden	10	34	44
SS. John Green	5	37	42
C. Couzens	5	32.5	37.5
L. Randusova	5	32.5	37.5
S. Rice	5	32.5	37.5

The following list of people made brave entries but were unfortunately not able to enter, or submitted late. We thank you for your submissions.

• J Adelman
• S Gynn
• J Ross
• I Norris

Problem 2

There were no entries for the second problem.

Problem 3

Problem 3 is currently ongoing.

• 11th March Problem 1 Announced
• 25th March Problem 1 Submission Deadline
• 25th March Problem 2 Announced
• 8th April Problem 2 Submission Deadline
• 9th April Problem 3 Announced
• 23rd April Problem 3 Submission Deadline

The submision procedure is the same for all parts, just dates differ. Also each problem is judged seperately, so for example if you did badly in problem 1 - you still have an equal chance to everyone else to win problem 2.

The source code for completed solutions should be emailed to progcomp@uwcs.co.uk. You don't need to include the dictionary file, since we will be providing one of our own, but please specify how you got the program to compile/run, and what environment you used to write it in - e.g.'SUN java 1.5' or 'Windows/Visual C++'. You can implement all the problems in any language that you choose.

If you have multiple files then these should be be compressed into one file with either tar/gz or zip.

In order to identify you we would like to have a Name or nickname for identification along with your university card number, in case of namespace clashes! You are able to submit more than one solution if you so desire.

We intend to publish results on the website - if you don't wish for your source code to be made availible then please say so in your submission email and we will happily respect your wishes