The goal of this lab is to practice writing and working with recursive methods.
Move into the directory for this class; clone the repository to get the starting point for this lab.
hg clone /cslab/class/csci235/lab6
The new directory has a file with the
stubs for eight methods that you will to write,
as well as a simple main method to test these methods out
using information from the args
array.
In each section below, you will be instructed to fill in the body for
one of these methods; you also should uncomment the code in the main
method which tests it.
You should fill in the heading now, so that you don't forget. You might want to commit after you've done that. In fact, you'll probably want to commit after each of the steps.
You've already programmed at least one algorithm for determining whether or not a String is a palindrome. Now you need to figure out a recursive method to do it. Figure the algorithm on your own, but here's a recursive definition of a palindrome to get you started:
A palindrome is
(Remember, "prepend" means "concatenate to the front" and "append" means "concatenate to the back.")
Write the isPalindrome()
method and test.
Write a method which will reverse a String. First write out a recursive definition of what the reverse of String is; then transform that definition into a recursive algorithm for computing the reverse of a String.
Write a recursive version of a method startsWith
.
Write a recursive method which will determine if a string contains a particular character.
Write a recursive method that will determine if two
Strings are semordnilap—i.e., whether one is the
reverse of the other.
You may not use your reverse()
method.
Write a recursive method that will compute a String's
length.
You may use only substring()
and equals()
.
Write a recursive method that will compute whether or not
two Strings are equal to each other in their contents.
You may use only length()
, charAt()
,
and substring()
.
Create the script file as before. Be sure to begin by showing your program compiling. Run the program using a variety of words.
Turn in your source and script as lab6
.
(As usual, you probably want to copy the repository to your own account.)