Goals

The goal of this assignment is to make sure that you can

The shell is the program that interprets your Unix commands. The shell tcsh has many nice features that will make using Unix easier. If you are a new Unix user, change your shell with the following command

chsh

/usr/princeton/bin/tcsh

The input file contains 5 or more positive real-valued stock prices, one per line. For example, the file sell.txt is:

1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
3.0

• Step-by-step instructions for getting started and additional hints are available here. If you are new to programming and/or are struggling, this may be the best place to start. If you have some programming experience, you are probably better off by not peeking.
   
  
• Run your program on some of the data files in http://www.princeton.edu/~cs126/files/stock/.
   
  
• We supply working programs (plot126, pattern126, and invest126) that you can use to check your work. Instead of typing the command:

  phoenix.Princeton.EDU% a.out < stock15.txt
  

  Use one of the following:

  phoenix.Princeton.EDU% plot126 < stock15.txt
  phoenix.Princeton.EDU% pattern126 < stock15.txt
  phoenix.Princeton.EDU% invest126 < stock15.txt
  

• At the very least, you should check that your output matches the output given by our reference solutions for the sample inputs provided. If it doesn't, try to figure out why. Our sample data files may not throroughly stress every part of your code, so you you may want to make up your own data files, and check that your program agrees with ours on these.

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