Midterm 3, Friday, April 14 (in-class)
Closed-notes, closed-book, paper exam (no computer)

Topics:

The exam is cumulative so you'll have to know the previous topics as well.  Though, the exam will feature new topics.

OLD TOPICS:
1) The major ideas about the java compilation and execution process.
2) Main ideas about the format of java programs
- main parts of a program
- getting user input
3) Data types
- integers, doubles, char, binary number system + conversions
4) Decisions
- if statement and switch statement
- nested if's 
5) Loops
- parts of a loop
- while
- for
- nested loops
- practice loop gymnastics
6) Strings
- methods: especially charAt(), length(), equals()
- using loops to process characters 
- basics of Objects vs primitive types (memory picture and references)
  along with why .equals is necessary instead of ==
- practice String gymnastics
7) Arrays
- declare and initialize
- accessing elements
- with loops, especially for-loops
- Multidimensional arrays (2D arrays as tables)

New Items
8) Methods
- naming
- parameters, pass by value, pass by reference
- command-line arguments
- return values
- variable scope
- overloading (methods of the same name)
9) Classes
- design philosophy and terminology
- instance variables
- private vs public
- constructors
- methods and accessing elements
10) Searching
- sequential search
- binary search
- running times (# comparisons)

Nothing on the exam about Sorting

This midterm will feature more code segments and small programs for you
to write instead of short-answer questions, matching, and true-false questions.