Need help understanding a project please

Question

Hi, i just finished reading through this lab that i'm supposed to do, but have no idea what i am supposed to do. Could anyone here possibly help me understand it in an easier fashion? I would really appreciate it.
Assignment:
For this assignment, we will create a number class that can help us create classes for objects like clocks or angles. The number class will have to be general enough so that we can define different bases for it. Clocks need numbers of base 24 (or 12) and 60. Angles need numbers of base 360 and 60. For now, we are going to simplify things and only define constructors, a toString method, and an increment method. Of course, a complete number class would have many other methods, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, comparing, and negating the numbers. Since a number is made up of digits, we will also define a digit class. The number and digit classes appear very similar because they have nearly the same methods. The differences are in the implementations of the methods.
Write a number class that represents a number with a given base. The number class has two constructors. The default constructor sets the base at 10 and the value to 0. The other constructor accepts a decimal value and a base. The constructors will have to create all of the digits (as objects of the digit class) and store them in some kind of list. Create a toString method and an increment method. These two methods will use the corresponding methods of the digit class to do most of the work for them.
Write a digit class that represents a single digit with a given base. The digit class has two constructors. The default constructor sets the base at 10 and the value to 0. The other constructor accepts a decimal value and a base. Create a toString method and an increment method. The increment method should return a boolean: true if there is a carry and false if not.
For both classes, you can assume that the bases are restricted to binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal and the values are non-negative.
Instructions:
Write a test driver that proves that your classes work.

Answer 1

Myrdwin wrote:
It's not that i didn't bother to ask him earlierSo, your teacher gave you the assignment, without giving you any opportunity to talk to him between when he assigned it and when it's due?
I just finished the polymorphism lab with a bunch of farm animals last night. WHOAH! TMI!!! ;-)
Am i just reading into the lesson to much and making it way more complicated than it actually is?Like I said, I'm not going to try to interpret the whole thing for you but a) It tells you what to do with the c'tors, and b) I would always assume that "create a method" or "define a method" or whatever he says means "create a *fully functional, correct* method", unless he explicitly states to leave it empty for now.
My advice is to use your best judgment as to what's expected, and get started on that basis. At your first opportunity to speak to your teacher, explain your uncertainty and the assumptions you made.
If you have specific questions along the way, post them here, along with your code or an SSCCE.
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Edited by: jverd on Oct 3, 2008 11:57 AM