Java Basics Using ChatGPT/GPT-4

This book is designed for those new to Java and interested in understanding how ChatGPT/GPT-4 can enhance programming. It offers a unique approach to learning Java, combining traditional hand-written code with cutting-edge ChatGPT-generated examples. The book covers the basics of Java programming and development environments, including understanding recursion, strings, arrays, fundamental data structures, algorithm analysis, queues and stacks, and follows with the role of ChatGPT in generating, explaining, and debugging code. Companion files with source code and figures available for downloading. It’s an essential resource for those starting Java programming and for anyone curious about the applications of ChatGPT in coding. FEATURES Combines hand-crafted Java code with ChatGPT-generated examples for a multifaceted learning experience Offers practical Java coding skills, with examples in recursion, data structures, and algorithm analysis Covers the capabilities of ChatGPT for code generation, debugging, and explanation, providing a modern perspective on programming Includes companion files for downloading with source code and figures Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to Java A Very Brief Introduction to Java Downloading a Java Release (Short Version) Selecting a Version of Java (Detailed Version) Java 8 and Java 11 Java Version Numbers JRE Versus a JDK Java Distributions Java IDEs Data Types, Operators, and Their Precedence Java Comments Java Operators Creating and Compiling Java Classes “Hello World” and Working With Numbers The Java String Class Java Strings With Metacharacters The Java new Operator Equality of Strings Comparing Strings Searching for a Substring in Java Useful String Methods in Java Parsing Strings in Java Conditional Logic in Java Determining Leap Years Finding the Divisors of a Number Checking for Palindromes Working With Arrays of Strings Working With the StringBuilder Class Working With the StringBuffer Class Static Methods in Java Other Static Types in Java Summary Chapter 2: Recursion and Combinatorics What Is Recursion? Arithmetic Series Calculating Arithmetic Series (Iterative) Calculating Arithmetic Series (Recursive) Calculating Partial Arithmetic Series Geometric Series Calculating a Geometric Series (Iterative) Calculating Geometric Series (Recursive) Factorial Values Calculating Factorial Values (Iterative) Calculating Factorial Values (Recursive) Calculating Factorial Values (Tail Recursion) Fibonacci Numbers Calculating Fibonacci Numbers (Recursive) Calculating Fibonacci Numbers (Iterative) Task: Reverse a String via Recursion Task: Check for Balanced Parentheses Task: Calculate the Number of Digits Task: Determine if a Positive Integer Is Prime Task: Find the Prime Divisors of a Positive Integer Task: Goldbach’s Conjecture Task: Calculate the GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) Task: Calculate the LCM (Lowest Common Multiple) What Is Combinatorics? Working With Permutations Working With Combinations The Number of Subsets of a Finite Set Task: Subsets Containing a Value Larger than k Summary Chapter 3: Strings and Arrays Time and Space Complexity Task: Maximum and Minimum Powers of an Integer Task: Binary Substrings of a Number Task: Common Substring of Two Binary Numbers Task: Multiply and Divide via Recursion Task: Sum of Prime and Composite Numbers Task: Count Word Frequencies Task: Check if a String Contains Unique Characters Task: Insert Characters in a String Task: String Permutations Task: Check for Palindromes Task: Check for the Longest Palindrome Working With Sequences of Strings The Maximum Length of a Repeated Character in a String Find a Given Sequence of Characters in a String Task: The Longest Sequences of Substrings The Longest Sequence of Unique Characters The Longest Repeated Substring Working With 1D Arrays Rotate an Array Task: Invert Adjacent Array Elements Task: Shift Nonzero Elements Leftward Task: Sort Array In-Place in O(n) Without a Sort Function Task: Generate 0 That Is Three Times More Likely than a 1 Task: Invert Bits in Even and Odd Positions Task: Check for Adjacent Set Bits in a Binary Number Task: Count Bits in a Range of Numbers Task: Find the Right-Most Set Bit in a Number Task: The Number of Operations to Make All Characters Equal Task: Compute XOR Without XOR for Two Binary Numbers Task: Swap Adjacent Bits in Two Binary Numbers Working With 2D Arrays The Transpose of a Matrix Summary Chapter 4: Search and Sort Algorithms Search Algorithms Linear Search Binary Search Walk-Through Binary Search (Iterative Solution) Binary Search (Recursive Solution) Well-Known Sorting Algorithms Bubble Sort Find Anagrams in a List of Words Selection Sort Insertion Sort Comparison of Sort Algorithms Merge Sort Merge Sort With a Third Array Merge Sort Without a Third Array Merge Sort: Shift Elements From End of Lists How Does Quicksort Work? Quicksort Code Sample Shell Sort Task: Sorted Arrays and the Sum of Two Numbers Summary Chapter 5: Linked Lists Types of Data Structures Linear Data Structures Nonlinear Data Structures Data Structures and Operations Operations on Data Structures What Are Singly Linked Lists? Tradeoffs for Linked Lists Singly Linked Lists: Create and Append Operations A Node Class for Singly Linked Lists Java Code for Appending a Node Finding a Node in a Linked List Appending a Node in a Linked List Finding a Node in a Linked List (Method 2) Singly Linked Lists: Update and Delete Operations Updating a Node in a Singly Linked List Java Code to Update a Node Deleting a Node in a Linked List Java Code for Deleting a Node Java Code for a Circular Linked List Java Code for Updating a Circular Linked List Working With Doubly Linked Lists (DLL) A Node Class for Doubly Linked Lists Appending a Node in a Doubly Linked List Java Code for Appending a Node Java Code for Inserting a New Root Node Java Code for Inserting an Intermediate Node Traversing the Nodes in a Doubly Linked List Updating a Node in a Doubly Linked List Java Code to Update a Node Deleting a Node in a Doubly Linked List Java Code to Delete a Node Summary Chapter 6: Linked Lists Task: Adding Numbers in a Linked List (1) Task: Adding Numbers in a Linked List (2) Task: Adding Numbers in a Linked List (3) Task: Display the First k Nodes Task: Display the Last k Nodes Reverse a Singly Linked List via Recursion Task: Remove Duplicates Task: Concatenate Two Lists Task: Merge Two Ordered Linked Lists Task: Split an Ordered List Into Two Lists Task: Remove a Given Node From a List Task: Find the Middle Element in a List Task: Reverse a Linked List Task: Check for Palindrome in a Linked List Summary Chapter 7: Queues and Stacks What Is a Queue? Types of Queues Creating a Queue in Java Creating a Queue Using an Array Other Types of Queues What Is a Stack? Use Cases for Stacks Operations With Stacks Working With Stacks Task: Reverse and Print Stack Values Task: Display the Min and Max Stack Values (1) Task: Reverse a String Using a Stack Task: Find Stack Palindromes Task: Balanced Parentheses Task: Tokenize Arithmetic Expressions Task: Classify Tokens in Arithmetic Expressions Infix, Prefix, and Postfix Notations Summary Chapter 8: ChatGPT and GPT-4 What Is Generative AI? Key Features of Generative AI Popular Techniques in Generative AI What Makes Generative AI Different Conversational AI Versus Generative AI Primary Objective Applications Technologies Used Training and Interaction Evaluation Data Requirements Is DALL-E Part of Generative AI? Are ChatGPT-3 and GPT-4 Part of Generative AI? DeepMind DeepMind and Games Player of Games (PoG) OpenAI Cohere Hugging Face Hugging Face Libraries Hugging Face Model Hub AI21 InflectionAI Anthropic What Is Prompt Engineering? Prompts and Completions Types of Prompts Instruction Prompts Reverse Prompts System Prompts Versus Agent Prompts Prompt Templates Prompts for Different LLMs Poorly Worded Prompts What Is ChatGPT? ChatGPT: GPT-3 “on Steroids”? ChatGPT: Google “Code Red” ChatGPT Versus Google Search ChatGPT Custom Instructions ChatGPT on Mobile Devices and Browsers ChatGPT and Prompts GPTBot ChatGPT Playground Plugins, Advanced Data Analysis, and Code Whisperer Plugins Advanced Data Analysis (Formerly Code Interpreter) Advanced Data Analysis Versus Claude-2 Code Whisperer Detecting Generated Text Concerns About ChatGPT Code Generation and Dangerous Topics ChatGPT Strengths and Weaknesses Sample Queries and Responses From ChatGPT ChatGPT and Medical Diagnosis Alternatives to ChatGPT Google Bard YouChat Pi From Inflection Machine Learning and ChatGPT What is InstructGPT? VizGPT and Data Visualization What Is GPT-4? GPT-4 and Test-Taking Scores GPT-4 Parameters GPT-4 Fine Tuning ChatGPT and GPT-4 Competitors Bard CoPilot (OpenAI/Microsoft) Codex (OpenAI) Apple GPT PaLM-2 Med-PaLM M Claude 2 LlaMa-2 How to Download LlaMa-2 LlaMa-2 Architecture Features Fine Tuning LlaMa-2 “Hello World” From GPT-4 When Is GPT-5 Available? Summary Chapter 9: Java and GPT-4 Reverse a String Using Recursion Calculate Factorial Values Check For Prime Numbers Checking Goldbach’s Conjecture Check For Palindromes Implement a Binary Search Algorithm Check for Unique Characters in a String Insert Strings in a Linked List Remove Duplicate Strings From a Linked List Implement a Queue Using an Array Implement a Stack Using an Array Summary Index