Blue Pelican Java

Cover Page......Page 1
Preface......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Lesson 1... Hello World......Page 11
Project... From Me To You......Page 13
Lesson 2... Variable Types (String, int, double)......Page 14
Lesson 3... Simple String Operations......Page 17
Project... Name that Celebrity......Page 20
Lesson 4... Using Numeric Variables......Page 21
Project... Cheating on Your Arithmetic Assignment......Page 25
Lesson 5... Mixed Data Types, Casting, and Constants......Page 26
Project... Mixed Results......Page 27
Lesson 6... Methods of the Math Class......Page 30
Project... Compute This......Page 33
Lesson 7... Input from the Keyboard......Page 34
Project... What's My Name?......Page 36
Lesson 8... The boolean Type and boolean Operators......Page 37
Lesson 9... The if Statement
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Project... Even or Odd?
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Lesson 10... The switch Statement and char
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Project... Calculator......Page 48
Project... Weight on Other Planets
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Lesson 11.. The for Loop
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Project... Name Reversal
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Lesson 12... The while & do-while Loops
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Lesson 13... ASCII and More on char
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Lesson 14... Binary, Hex, and Octal
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Project... Basically Speaking......Page 72
Lesson 15... Classes and Objects......Page 74
Project... What's That Diameter?......Page 77
Project... Overdrawn at the Bank......Page 80
Lesson 16... More on Classes and Objects
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Project... Gas Mileage
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Lesson 17... Advanced String Methods
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Project... Add 'em Up......Page 94
Project... Encryption / Decryption......Page 97
Lesson 18... Arrays
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Project... Count 'em Right......Page 104
Project... Array of Hope......Page 106
Lesson 19... Advanced Array Concepts
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Project... Two Orders for the Price of One
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Lesson 20... Static Methods and State Variables
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Project... How Far to the Line?
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Lesson 21... Wrapper Classes
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Lesson 22.. Additional Methods of Wrapper Classes
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Lesson 23... Input from a Disk File......Page 132
Lesson 35...Inheritance......Page 0
Lesson 24... Processing File Input with Scanner......Page 137
Project... Get Rid of that Plus Sign......Page 139
Project... Student Averages
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Lesson 25... Writing to a Text File......Page 142
Project... Write Student Averages
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Lesson 26... Formatting (rounding off)......Page 144
Project... BaseClass (Shell)......Page 149
Project... Gymnastics
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Lesson 27... Bitwise Operators......Page 152
Project... Masking Telemetry Data
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Lesson 28... Advanced Bitwise Operations......Page 157
Project... Tweaking for Speed
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Lesson 29... Random Numbers......Page 164
Project... Generate Random Doubles
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Project... Monte Carlo Technique
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Lesson 30... StringBuffer Class......Page 171
Project... Concatenations Gone Wild
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Lesson 31... Boolean Algebra and DeMorgan's Theorem......Page 176
Lesson 32... Selection Operator (? :)......Page 181
Lesson 33... Passing by Value and By Reference......Page 185
Project... Pass the Gravy, Please
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Lesson 34... Two-Dimensional Arrays......Page 190
Project... Matrix Multiplication
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Project... Matrix Multiplication with Input File
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Lesson 36... Exceptions......Page 214
Project... Keep Trying
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Lesson 37... Interfaces......Page 224
Project... Linear Function......Page 231
Lesson 38... Complexity Analysis (Big O)......Page 233
Lesson 39... Recursion......Page 242
Project... Fibonacci
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Lesson 40... Sorting Routines......Page 252
Project... Bubble Sort
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Project... Selection Sort......Page 255
Project... Insertion Sort......Page 258
Project... Quick Sort......Page 260
Project... Merge Sort......Page 263
Project... Radix String Sort......Page 266
Big O Summary
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Project... Muttiple Key Sorting......Page 272
Lesson 41... List Interface......Page 273
Lesson 42... ArrayList......Page 276
Project... Big Bucks in the Bank......Page 282
Lesson 43... Iterator / ListIterator......Page 284
Project... Big Bucks Revisited
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Lesson 44... Comparable and Comparator Interfaces......Page 292
Project... Sorting BankAccount Objects
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Project... Sorting BankAccount Objects using a Compatator......Page 303
Lesson 45... Hashset / TreeSet......Page 304
Project... Hashset / Intersection
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Project... Don't Make Me Take That Final!......Page 307
Lesson 46... HashMap / TreeMap......Page 310
Project... Mapping Bank Accounts
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Project... Code Talker......Page 318
Project... Histogram......Page 319
Project... Student Classification......Page 320
Lesson 47... Flow Charts & Optimizing for Speed......Page 321
Project... Divisors of a Number
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Project... Super Optimized Code for Divisors
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Lesson 48... Singly Linked List......Page 324
Project... insert method for Singly Linked List
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Lesson 49... The LinkedList Class (doubly linked) and Stacks......Page 330
Project... StackLL Class......Page 331
Project... Stack Calculator
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Lesson 50... Binary search......Page 337
Project... Binary Search with Objects......Page 339
Lesson 51... Binary Search Tree......Page 347
Project...BST find Method
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Lesson 52... Queues......Page 361
Project... Who's Next?......Page 364
Project... Shifting Marquee......Page 366
Lesson 53... Inner Classes......Page 369
Project... Inner Class Inside a Method
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Project... Inner Class Inside an Outer Class
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Lesson 54... Heaps......Page 374
Project... Printing a Heap
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Project... A Heap of Trouble
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Lesson 55... Priority Queues......Page 383
Project... Who Has Highest Priority?
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Project... Smile for the Camera
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Lesson 56... Lookup Tables and Hashing......Page 391
Project... Hashing Abraham Lincoln......Page 396
Case Study... Distance to a Meandering Trail......Page 403
Golden Nuggets of Wisdom
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Nugget # 1
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Nugget # 2......Page 417
Nugget # 3
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Nugget # 4
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Appendices
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Appendix B... Escape Sequences......Page 448
Appendix C.   Primitive Data Types......Page 449
Appendix D... ASCII Codes
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Appendix E... Saving Text Files
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Appendix F... Text and Binary Files Explained
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Appendix G... Two's Complement Notation
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Appendix H... Operator Precedence 
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Appendix I... Creating Packages and Importing Classes
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Appendix J... Typical Contest Classes and Interfaces
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Appendix K... Exception Classes
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Appendix L... An Essay on Interfaces
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Appendix M... Input from the Keyboard
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Appendix N... Using the BlueJ Programming Environment
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Appendix O... Using the JCreator Programming Environment
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Appendix P... Time Allocation for Lessons and Tests
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Appendix Q... AP (A & AB) Correlation......Page 481
Appendix R... Texas TEKS Correaltion, Computer Science I
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Appendix S... A History of Computers
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Appendix T... Viruses
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Appendix U... Enrichment Activities
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Appendix V... Computer Languages
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Appendix W... Tree Definitions
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Appendix X... Compiling and Executing without an IDE
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Appendix Y... Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, & Gigabytes
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Appendix Z... Formatting with the DecimalFormat Class......Page 502
Appendix AA... Multiplication of Matrices
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Appendix AB... Monospaced Fonts
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Appendix AC... Regular Expressions......Page 507
Appendix AD... Formatter Class Specifiers and Flags......Page 512
Appendix AE... javaDoc......Page 514
Appendix AF... Generic Classes......Page 519
Appendix AG... Pattern & Matcher classes......Page 523
Index......Page 525