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School: University of the People

Moodle ID: C110223808

Class: CS 1101 - Programming Fundamentals

Unit 4: Functions and Return Values

Group: 0036.

Course instructor: Muhammad Anwar Shahid.


Part 1

You work as a software developer in a company that creates custom software solutions for

various clients. Your company has been approached by an educational client who wants to

develop a function that calculates the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle given the

lengths of the other two legs as arguments. Your manager has instructed you to use incremental

development to create the necessary function and document each stage of the development

process. After completing the final stage of development, you have to test the function with

different arguments and record the outputs in your Learning Journal.

Tasks

Include all of the following in your submission:

o An explanation of each stage of development, including code and any test input

and output.

o The output of hypotenuse(3,4).

o The output of two additional calls to hypotenuse with different arguments.

Understanding the Requirements

I reviewed the problem and identified the use of the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the

hypotenuse. The function needs to calculate the hypotenuse (ccc) of a right triangle using the

Pythagorean theorem:

c=a2+b2c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}c=a2+b2


Where aaa and bbb are the lengths of the two legs.

Planning the Function

1. Define a function named hypotenuse that takes two arguments: a and b.

2. Compute the hypotenuse using the formula above.

3. Return the calculated value.

Implement a Basic Version

I Written the basic function using Python, ensuring it uses mathematical operations to compute

the hypotenuse. We implement a simple version of the function:

Output

Testing and Validating


I decided on function structure, parameters (a and b), and the use of Python's math square root

for the square root calculation. Validated the function with three test cases: (3, 4), (6, 8), and (5,

12). All produced correct outputs, confirming the implementation's correctness.

Test the function with additional inputs to ensure it works for various cases.

Test Case 2:

Output

Test Case 3:
Output

Part 2

You are a software developer who wants to establish yourself as a skilled and versatile

programmer. To achieve this, you have decided to create a work portfolio that showcases your

ability to develop custom software solutions. This portfolio will be your gateway to attract

potential clients and establish yourself as a freelancer.

As part of your portfolio, you plan to create your own function that does some useful

computation using an incremental development approach that will demonstrate your

programming skills and problem-solving abilities. You will document each stage of the

development process, including the code and any test input and output in your Programming

Assignment.
Developing a Custom Function for Portfolio

To showcase programming skills and problem-solving abilities, I have developed a custom

function called find_primes_in_range. This function computes all prime numbers within a

specified range. The project demonstrates an incremental approach to development, focusing on

clarity and optimization. Below, I explain each stage of the development process.

Stage 1: Define the Problem and Plan

The task is to find all prime numbers within a given range. A prime number is a number greater

than 1 that has no divisors other than 1 and itself. The function will:

1. Take two integers as input: the start and end of the range.

2. Validate the input.

3. Compute and return a list of prime numbers within the range.

Stage 2: Initial Implementation

The initial step is creating a function that identifies whether a single number is prime.
Explanation: The is_prime function checks divisors up to the square root of the number for

efficiency. It returns True for primes and False otherwise.

Stage 3: Extend Functionality

Build on is_prime to find all primes within a specified range.

Explanation: The function iterates over the range, checking each number with is_prime. Valid

inputs return a list of primes; invalid ranges return an error message.

Stage 4: Optimize and Finalize

Incorporate optimizations to handle edge cases and improve readability.


Outputs with Explanations

 Test Case 1: The primes between 10 and 20 are [11, 13, 17, 19].

 Test Case 2: The primes between 1 and 10 are [2, 3, 5, 7]. The function ensures the range

starts at 2 since no numbers below 2 are prime.

 Test Case 3: An invalid range produces the error message "Invalid range: start must be

less than or equal to end.".

Conclusion

This project demonstrates problem-solving, input validation, optimization, and clarity in code. It

showcases the ability to handle edge cases and write reusable functions. By documenting each

stage of the development process, potential clients gain insight into the approach and attention to

detail.

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