Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:07 AM,

A student writes:



	 Dear Professor Patt
	 
	 I'm done with my program and am in the process of submitting it but 
	 there is one small case that worries me. Can we assume that you will 
	 ALWAYS input the name of a professor such as the given example below
	 
	 "Type a last name and press Enter:patt"
	 
	 instead of
	 
	 "Type a last name and press Enter: patt"
	 
	 As you can see, there is a major difference between the two cases (the 
	 space) and would affect the program if it was not written to deal with 
	 spaces as the first character of input. Is this possible case that 
	 will be tested on our programs?
	 
	 Thanks
	 
	 <<name withheld to protect the student is overly worrying>>



Certainly, we could have put test cases where there are blank spaces before 
the name is entered, but I think you have enough to do without adding that 
little wrinkle.  So, no, the first character typed in all our test cases will 
be the first letter of a name, and not a space 

Good luck finishing the program.

Yale Patt