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In this course, you may not use "advanced material" – material we have not taught you yet.

The reason we assign you homework is to make sure you understand certain concepts and to make sure you are practicing and honing your problem-solving skills. Using advanced material will often make assignments "too easy", depriving you of the opportunity to practice both those things.

If you don't know if something counts as advanced material, definitely feel free to ask, and we'll be more then happy to clarify.

If you have prior programming experience, and have just started CSE 142 or CSE 143x, you should be aware that on your first assignment, the only language features you are allowed to use are:

• println statements
• Methods that accept no parameters

If you have skipped CSE 142 and have jumped straight to CSE 143, you should be aware that the only material you are initially allowed to use is material covered during CSE 142 and directly taught in lecture or section. It may be good idea to review old 142 websites to get a sense of what is and isn't allowed, but in general, you are expected to know and are permitted to use:

• Control flow structures (if, else-if, else, for, while, but NOT foreach)
• Methods, returns, and parameters
• Variables and basic types (int, double, boolean, char, String)
• Arrays (but NOT ArrayList!)
• Basic objects (some inheritance)

This is not a comprehensive list of topics, but should be enough to get you started on your first homework assignment and get a basic feel for what is and isn't expected.