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2.13 Zylab Training Interleaved Input Output

The document discusses how auto-graded programming assignments can be challenging for students because examples provided by instructors often interleave input and output. While examples show both user input and program output, the program itself should only output the output parts and not echo the user's input. An incorrect program is provided as an example that echoes the input, which would fail test cases that do not expect the input to be output. Students are advised to modify the program to only output the expected output parts to pass the auto-graded tests.

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2.13 Zylab Training Interleaved Input Output

The document discusses how auto-graded programming assignments can be challenging for students because examples provided by instructors often interleave input and output. While examples show both user input and program output, the program itself should only output the output parts and not echo the user's input. An incorrect program is provided as an example that echoes the input, which would fail test cases that do not expect the input to be output. Students are advised to modify the program to only output the expected output parts to pass the auto-graded tests.

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13 zyLab training: Interleaved input /


output
Auto-graded programming assignments have numerous advantages, but have
some challenges too. Students commonly struggle with realizing that example
input / output provided in an assignment's specification interleaves input and
output, but the program should only output the output parts. If a program
should double its input, an instructor might provide this example:
Enter x:
5
x doubled is: 10
Students often incorrectly create a program that outputs the 5. Instead, the
program should only output the output parts:
Enter x:
x doubled is: 10
The instructor's example is showing both the output of the program, AND the
user's input to that program, assuming the program is developed in an
environment where a user is interacting with a program. But the program itself
doesn't output the 5 (or the newline following the 5, which occurs when the
user types 5 and presses enter).
Also, if the instructor configured the test cases to observe whitespace, then
according to the above example, the program should output a newline
after Enter x: (and possibly after the 25, if the instructor's test case expects
that).
The program below incorrectly echoes the user's input to the output.

1. Try submitting it for grading (click "Submit mode", then "Submit for
grading"). Notice that the test cases fail. The first test case's highlighting
indicates that output 3 and newline were not expected. In the second
test case, the -5 and newline were not expected.
2. Remove the code that echoes the user's input back to the output, and
submit again. Now the test cases should all pass.
print('Enter x: ')

x = int(input())

print('x doubled is:', (2 * x))

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