Programming III COMP212
Lab#1 – Generics and Extension methods
Due Date: January 23rd, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to help you:
• Understand generic class and generic methods
• Understand extension methods
Instructions: Be sure to read the following general instructions carefully:
This lab must be completed individually. Submit your solution through the dropbox.
You must name your submission according to the following pattern:
studentID(yourlastname)_Labnumber.zip. e.g., 300123456(smith)_LAB#1.zip
Question 1[5 marks]
Implement a generic method, Search, that searches the specified element within an array using linear
search algorithm. Method Search should compare the value with each element in its array parameter until
the value is found or until the end of the array is reached. If the value is found, return its location in the
array; otherwise return -1.
Question 2[5 marks]
Implement an extension method for class StringBuilder to count the number of words contained in a
StringBuilder object. For example, if a StringBuilder object sb=”This is to test whether the extension
method count can return a right answer or not”, the number of words contained in sb is 16.
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