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# Agenda for Today
1. Quiz
2. Department Events
3. Upcoming Work
4. Discussion
5. Lab
6. Wrap Up

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# Quiz

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# Department Events

## CS Extra: Summer MAP Opportunites in CS
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  Thursday, February 5th at 4:15pm on Noyce 3821  
  Learn about MAP offerings in CS and related fields
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You can find a complete list of token events and submit more at <https://tinyurl.com/csc161-tokens>.

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# Upcoming Work

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# Homework: Yahtzee
**Due:** Thursday, February 12th

## Questions
_None so far_

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# Discussion

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# Discussion: Arrays and Strings
**Items for think, pair, share:**

1. What is an array?  
   Give an explanation that would make sense to a CSC 151 student.

2. If you have an array of length 5, what are the first and last valid indices you can use to access the array?

3. What is a string, and how is it different from an array?

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# Reading Questions
Do you have any unanswered questions from the reading?

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# Lab

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# Wrap Up

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# Wrap Up

## Lab Work
Submit the following work from today's lab with your weekly lab report:
- Exercises B.1 and B.2
- Exercises C.1 and C.3

## Advisor Preferences
If you are a 4th semester student and you plan to declare a CS major, complete the advisor preference form at <https://bit.ly/grinnell-cs-advising-2026> by Friday.

## Reading
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