This is an example exercise in VPL. Grade is out of 1. All the students have to do is uncomment the creation of the MathVector object.

Want to reproduce this example?

• PreLabC.java (the template for the student to work on)
• solution.txt (what the student's solution _could_ look like)
• MathVector.java (the class with all the methods that the student should explore)
• MyTest.java (the JUnit testing file. Student can use this on their own computer if they wish)
• Main.java (internal to VPL for setting up the test. Student doesn't need this.)
• vpl_run.sh (internal to VPL for setting up the test. Student doesn't need this.)
• vpl_evaluate.sh (internal to VPL for setting up the test. Student doesn't need this.)

If you're setting up this activity on your own VPL machine, don't forget to add the name of the local VPL server to your activity so that it runs in your own department. Also, you likely will need to modify the scripts (.sh) to point to your installation of Java.

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