Notices

  • COMP1511 19T1

    Posted by Andrew Bennett Monday 18 February 2019, 11:59:43 AM.

    The web page for COMP1511 19T1 is located at:

    https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP1511/19T1

  • Week 11 lab exam marks are now available

    Posted by Andrew Bennett Sunday 11 November 2018, 04:31:49 PM.

    Hi everyone,

    Your marks for the week 11 lab exam are now available.

    You can view them (and your submissions) through the course website .

    We will not be releasing solutions to the exam questions.

    However, there are solutions available to similar questions from the lab exercises, which you can review:

    - Q1 was similar to deleteRepeated from the week 9 lab

    - Q2 was similar to species_count (array) from the week 7 lab

    - Q3 was similar to species_count (list) from the week 8 lab

    I have also put together a page of "Dos and Don'ts" based on the common mistakes made in the questions, which you might find helpful to review before the final exam.

    If you have any concerns about your marks for the week 11 lab exam, please feel free to contact me ( andrew.bennett@unsw.edu.au ).

    Best of luck for the final exam.
    -Andrew

  • Tutorial/Lab Solutions , Answers to three practice questions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 30 October 2018, 04:52:20 PM, last modified Tuesday 30 October 2018, 04:52:44 PM.

    Tutorial and Lab solutions for most of the questions are now available. It is important that you properly understand these solutions and are able to answer other similar questions.

    As per the earlier post, Sample Final Exam Questions are also available. Please note that some questions in your final exam may be derived from the topics not covered in the sample exam.

    I have added solutions for the first three questions in Practice Questions for the Final Exam .


  • COMP1511 Pre Exam Consultations

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Monday 29 October 2018, 09:48:48 AM.

    COMP1511 Pre Exam Consultations

    • Tuesday 30 Oct 11:00 to 11:45am in Room 402 , K17 Building
    • Thursday 01 Nov 11:00 to 11:45am in Room 403 , K17 Building
    • Thursday 08 Nov 11:00 to 11:45am in Room 403 , K17 Building

  • COMP1511 Final Exam Time/Seat allocations

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Saturday 27 October 2018, 06:54:01 PM.

    COMP1511 Final Exam Time/Seat allocations are now available at the following site, you need to login using your zId and zPass.

    Students in the afternoon exam , can only see their corralling room . They will be told their lab seat when they turn up at the corralling room.

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  • Assignment-2 Submission Instructions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 23 October 2018, 10:37:14 AM.

    Instructions on how to submit your assignment-2 are now available, see "Submitting" in the specs. Deadline is now extended to 11:59pm Friday 26/Oct.

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  • Andrew's Tips & Tricks for Assignment 2 - Final Card-Down

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Monday 22 October 2018, 08:33:23 AM, last modified Monday 22 October 2018, 09:15:54 AM.

    If you're feeling stuck with the assignment-2, maybe a bit confused about a few things, or maybe you have no idea what to do or even where to begin, read the following Tips and Tricks by Andrew. Andrew has written the following (rather extensive) document for you, to (hopefully!) help you get your head around exactly what you need to do there.

    Andrew's Tips & Tricks for Assignment 2 - Final Card-Down


  • Sample Final Exam Questions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 19 October 2018, 04:20:08 PM.

    Sample Final Exam Questions are now available. Please note that some questions in your final exam may be derived from the topics not covered in the sample exam.

  • For Lab H15B only (change in location for week-13 lab)

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 19 October 2018, 02:34:15 PM, last modified Friday 19 October 2018, 04:20:59 PM.

    This message is only for tut/lab group H15B , your lab location for week-13 is " Brass (Bugle/Horn) lab (K17 305)".

  • Week-13 (Lab only , no tutorial) and Practice Questions for the Final Exam

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 19 October 2018, 02:28:37 PM.

    During Week-13, there are no tutorials , however we will run labs as normal.

    Lab for Week-13 is now available.

    Please also check out,

    Later, I will also release a sample exam paper.

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  • Week-12 Lecture and Sorting demo

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 16 October 2018, 07:14:39 PM.

    The following are added/updated under week-11 and week-12 lecture material:

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  • Assignment-2 : week-11 submission weblink is now available.

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 12 October 2018, 02:27:45 PM.

    Assignment-2 : week-11 submission weblink is now available.

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  • Week-12 tutorial and lab - available now

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 12 October 2018, 03:27:45 AM.

    Week-12 Tutorial and Lab are now available. Please note that Autotesting and submission instructions will be available later.

  • Assignment-2

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Thursday 11 October 2018, 02:24:35 PM.

    In the last lecture we discussed in detail many aspects of the assignment-2. If you missed the lecture, please watch the video, it may answer many of your questions.

    Sample files for testing " stage1.c " and " stage2.c " are now available. Also the sample player file (" player_sample.c ") discussed in the lecture is also available. Please check the ChangeLog at the start of the assignment.

  • Final Exam (time) Allocation Preferences From - now available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Thursday 11 October 2018, 02:14:12 PM.

    The form to nominate your time preference for COMP1511 final exam is now available at the following link. You need to login using your zID/zPass. Please carefully read the instructions and select your preferred option (if available) .

    Note that students with multiple exams on that day have been already pre-allocated the suitable time slot for COMP1511.

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  • Week-11 tutorial/lab

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 05 October 2018, 05:15:17 PM.

    Week-11 tutorial and lab are now available.

  • Assignment-2 : week-10 submissions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 05 October 2018, 02:35:05 PM.

    As discussed in the lecture, you need to submit your working progress by submitting the following three files at the end of week-10, 11 and 12.

    • Game.c , player.c and testGame.c .

    Please note that, if you have not made any progress, you can submit an empty file and/or same file as the previous week. However, you MUST submit all three required files to indicate whatever progress you have made at the end of Week-10 , 11 and 12. P enalty of 3% of the marks awarded to you for this assignment will be applied for each missed submission (for weeks 10, 11 and 12).

    You can submit multiple times, we will consider your latest submission for the week.

    For week-10 , you need to submit the above three files by 11:59pm Sunday 07 October 2018 .

    Goto : Assignments and look for Assignment-2 : week-10 submission

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  • Assignment-2 : Getting started

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Thursday 04 October 2018, 08:10:06 AM.

    In both the lectures this week, we discussed how to get started for Assignment-2. If you missed the lectures, please watch them. The lecture slides are also now available. Note that the lecture slides do not cover every thing discussed during the lectures, so if you missed the lectures, you need to watch the lectures for proper understanding of the topics.

  • Sample Questions for Week-11 Lab Practical Exam are now available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 25 September 2018, 07:10:46 PM.

    Sample Questions for Week-11 Lab Practical Exam are now available.



  • Mid Semester Break Help Sessions - available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 21 September 2018, 04:56:34 PM.

    Mid Semester Break Help Sessions for COMP1511 are now available, see Help Sessions in the left panel.

  • Week-10 Tutorial/Lab

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Thursday 20 September 2018, 03:03:16 PM.

    There are no specified exercises for Week-10 Tutorial and Lab. However, your tutor will be available during your tutorial and lab, you can catch-up with your left over work. You should use this opportunity to ask questions related to the course material covered so far and prepare for your next exam in week-11.

    Monday of Week-10 is a public holiday. If your tut/lab is on Monday, you can go to an alternative tut/lab for week-10, and participate as described above. You can find full list of tut/lab at the following page: Timetable .

  • Assignment-2 is now available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Thursday 20 September 2018, 02:53:05 PM.

    As we discussed yesterday in the lecture, Assignment 2: Card Game is now available. In case you missed Wednesday (19 Sep) lecture, please watch it, it offers very good introduction to the assignment. We will also further discuss topics related to Assignment-2 in Week-10 lectures.

    Please carefully read the specs, in particular the section " Understanding the problem ", the " game rules " and the provided .h files.

  • Week-09 Tut/Lab

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 14 September 2018, 02:24:41 PM, last modified Friday 14 September 2018, 02:35:19 PM.

    Week-09 Tutorial and Lab are now available. Please note that "autotest" and "give" submission commands are also now available!

  • Clarification for the Mandelbrot assignment

    Posted by Andrew Bennett Saturday 08 September 2018, 09:08:52 PM.

    Hi everyone,

    There has been some confusion about what escapeSteps should return if the point does not escape the set (i.e. if you've done 256 iterations but the magnitude was never >= 2).

    In this situation, escapeSteps must return NO_ESCAPE , to show that the point did not escape and thus is considered to be in the Mandelbrot set.

    If you have any questions or concerns about the assignment, you can post them on the Mandelbrot forum page .

    Best of luck with the assignment, and don't forget to check out the MandelbrArt Gallery .

  • Week-08 Tutorial and Lab are available now

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 07 September 2018, 12:00:11 PM.

    Week-08 Tutorial and Lab are available now.

  • Additional Help Session Today (Fri 7/Sep) at 12-2pm, plus 2-5pm Scheduled Help Session

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 07 September 2018, 06:49:53 AM.

    Considering there was heavy demand yesterday during the Help Session, we have now added the following additional Help Session for Friday 07/Sep, please bring your own computer. So there are two Help Sessions today (07/Sep), as listed below:

    • 12pm - 2pm in Law101 (BYOD) Help Session ( new, for this week only )
    • 2-5pm in J17 Level 3, 302 (as per the original schedule)

  • Week-07 Tutorial and Lab are available now

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 31 August 2018, 12:39:49 PM.

    Week-07 Tutorial and Lab are available now.

  • Today is the Census Date - the last day you can withdraw without financial penalty

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 31 August 2018, 11:20:12 AM.

    Reminder: Today (Friday 31 August ) is the census date for session 2, the census date is the last day you can withdraw from a course without financial penalty. If you don't withdraw by the census date you are liable to pay the course fee.

    You can check your lab marks by clicking the l ittle graph icon next to your name in the bottom left corner of your webcms page, for example see here . Alternatively you can view your lab marks at https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP1511/18s2/users/grades

    Regarding your first practical exam, you can use the autotesting provided in the exam as a guide to estimate your performance. If you are in doubt, send me an email from your UNSW email account with subject "Query regarding census date", I will try to reply asap today.

  • Results of Prac1 coming soon! Second Practical Exam during Week-11 Lab

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Wednesday 29 August 2018, 08:14:29 PM.

    We are currently marking your first prac exam, and hopefully you will receive your results soon.

    As I mentioned in the lecture today, please note that your Second Practical Exam will be during your Week-11 lab (earlier it was scheduled for week-10 lab).

  • Assignment-1 Submission Instructions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Wednesday 29 August 2018, 08:07:47 PM.

    You can submit your Assignment-1 using webcms, go to the link below and click on " Make Submission " tab.

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  • Chessboard lab exercise: Video Explanation

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 28 August 2018, 11:59:34 AM.

    If you have difficulty understanding the solution for " Chessboard " lab exercise, please watch the following video, it will also help you in getting started for your Assignment-1:

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  • Week-06 Lab/tut

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 24 August 2018, 12:42:28 PM.

    Week-06 Tutorial and Lab are now available.


  • Assignment-1: How to get started

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 24 August 2018, 08:01:16 AM.

    We discussed in detail "How to Get Started" for Assignment-1 at the start of Wednesday (22/August) lecture . In case you need help in getting started, please watch the lecture, it addresses most of the common issues and overall feedback from the students so far has been very positive.

  • Week 04 Lab: Sample Solutions - now available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Monday 20 August 2018, 06:28:59 AM.

    Week 04 Lab: Sample Solutions are now available.

  • Week 04 Tutorial : Sample Solutions - available now

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Sunday 19 August 2018, 11:55:54 AM.

    Week 04 Tutorial: Sample Solutions are now available.

  • Week-05 Tutorial available now

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Sunday 19 August 2018, 11:39:51 AM.

    Week 5 Tutorial is now available.


  • Week-05 Lab is available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 17 August 2018, 12:00:18 PM.

    Week-05 lab is now available, the tutorial will be available tonight. If your lab is on Monday, your tutor will explain to you how to use commandline arguments, required for some questions. You can also read week-04 lecture slides on this topic. We will cover it in the Tuesday lecture.

  • Week-04/05 demo and related files

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Wednesday 15 August 2018, 07:06:31 PM.

    Week-04/05 demo and related files are now available, see ' Week-04 " under " Lectures " . Please note that some of the topics related to characters and strings will be covered in Week-05.

  • Week 03 Demo examples

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Wednesday 15 August 2018, 11:14:57 AM.

    Week-03 demo examples are now available, as a zip file, sorry for the delay. Click on the following link to download the examples:

    I will similarly release week-04 demo examples tonight. .

  • Assignment-1, Sample Exam Questions, frequent questions

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 14 August 2018, 11:32:28 AM.

    As discussed in today's lecture,

  • Week-04 Tut/Lab

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Sunday 12 August 2018, 06:53:21 PM.

    Week-04 Tutorial and Lab are now available.

  • Code examples, Tut/Lab - now available

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 03 August 2018, 05:41:15 PM.

    Code examples for Week-02 (see Lectures ) and Week-03 Tutorials and Labs are now available.

  • Code examples for Week-01

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Monday 30 July 2018, 01:00:40 AM.

    Code examples for Week-01 are now available, see "Lectures" in the left panel and look under "Week-01". Alternatively, click on the following link: code examples

  • Help Sessions - Start from today

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 27 July 2018, 08:46:09 AM.

    Help Sessions start from today, see " Help Sessions " in the left panel of the class web page.

    The first help session is at 2pm Friday in Strings Lab.

  • Lecture recordings for COMP1511

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Tuesday 24 July 2018, 05:22:57 PM.

    Please click on "Lecture recordings" in the left panel of the class web page (or click the link below) and follow instructions to access video lecturers for COMP1511 (18s2):

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  • Welcome to COMP1511 (Introduction to Programming) !

    Posted by Ashesh Mahidadia Friday 20 July 2018, 11:52:50 AM.

    Welcome to COMP1511 (Introduction to Programming) !

    All course information is placed on the above course web site. COMP1511 (and other COMP courses) does not use Moodle .

    The first lecture is at 9am (two hours) Tuesday of Week-01 in Science Theatre. The course outline is now available, please see the link " Course Outline " in the left panel. Please read it all, and ask questions in the first lecture on anything that's not clear. The course material will be available on this website, so you may want to bookmark this page.

    Remainder : Tutorials and Labs start in Week-01 . All you have to to do is find your tutorial room. Your tutor will look after you from then. Unlike future weeks, no preparation is required and there is no assessment in week 01.

    The tutorial and lab exercises for week 01 are now available , see the links " Tutorials " and " Labs " in the left panel (of the class webpage). In future, you need to login using your zID and password to access material on the class webpage.

    See you on Tuesday!

    -- Ashesh


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