CSCI 200 - Fall 2024
Foundational Programming Concepts & Design

This lab is due by Wednesday, December 04, 2024, Before Class.
As with all labs you may, and are encouraged, to pair program a solution to this lab. If you choose to pair program a solution, be sure that you individually understand how to generate the correct solution.

Jump To: Rubric Submission

The process of determing if a maze can be solved will be done in two phases. First, we will read in and visualize the maze. Then we will look for a path from start to end (if one exists).

Maze Files

A maze pack has been provided with many sample mazes. The format of the maze file is:

R C
#####
#S#E#
#...#
#####

The first line specifies the size of the maze as R rows and C columns. Next, an RxC 2D array of characters follow. The following properties describe the makeup of the character array:

• # - signifies a wall. These spaces are unable to be moved to.
• . - signifies an open space. These spaces may be moved to.
• S - signifies the starting space. You will begin your search from here. This space may be moved to.
• E - signifies the end space. You will end your search here. This space may be moved to.
• The maze will always be well-formed. Meaning, it will always be of size RxC and only contain the four characters specified above.
• S and E will each always appear exactly one time in the maze.
• The size of the maze will be bound by 3 ≤ R ≤ 102 and 4 ≤ C ≤ 102.

Loading the Maze

Begin by checking if a command line argument was specified with the filename. If not, prompt the user to enter a file containing the maze. As you read the file, create a 2D list of characters that matches the size of the maze. Read the maze contents into your 2D list. Be sure to note what location the S character is in to start your upcoming search.

Drawing the Maze

Each space in our maze will be a 15x15 rectangle. Create an SFML window that has a width of 15*C and height of 15*R. Inside of the draw loop, loop over every row & column in the maze array. Create a RectangleShape that is sized and positioned accordingly. Color the rectangle based on the value in the maze at that position:

• if the cell is 'S', then color it Green
• if the cell is 'E', then color it Red
• if the cell is '#', then color it Black
• if the cell is '.', then color it White

The visualization of Maze 1 is shown below:

The visualization of Maze 4 is shown below:

Grading Rubric

Your submission will be graded according to the following rubric:

Lab Submission

Always, always, ALWAYS update the header comments at the top of your main.cpp file. And if you ever get stuck, remember that there is LOTS of help available.

Zip together your main.cpp, Makefile, *.h, *.cpp, *.hpp file(s) and name the zip file L6C.zip. Upload this zip file to Canvas under L6C.

This lab is due by Wednesday, December 04, 2024, Before Class.
As with all labs you may, and are encouraged, to pair program a solution to this lab. If you choose to pair program a solution, be sure that you individually understand how to generate the correct solution.