42 Exam 02

Being able to manipulate characters (e.g., lowercase to uppercase) by understanding their decimal values.

You will not be expelled from 42. You will simply not advance to the next circle (usually the minishell or push_swap projects) until you pass. You can retake during the next exam session (usually every 2-4 weeks).

Ask any 42 veteran, and they will tell you: Exam 02 is where people start dropping out or repeating weeks. Here’s why: 42 exam 02

2. A report of a specific exercise from Exam 02 (e.g., ft_printf , get_next_line , ft_atoi , ft_strdup , etc.) 3. A report on how to prepare for / pass Exam 02 4. A code review or debugging report for a failed attempt

read() can return -1, 0, or a positive number. Many students check only == 0 . If read() returns -1, you must close the fd and return an error. The grader will simulate read errors. Being able to manipulate characters (e

Treat Exam 02 as a rite of passage. The discomfort you feel is the feeling of learning at the edge of your ability. Embrace it. Write the code. Run grademe . And when you finally see that green "OK" for every exercise, you will know you have earned your place in the next circle of 42.

Write a function that takes two sorted linked lists and merges them into one sorted list without creating new nodes (only re-linking). You can retake during the next exam session

Exam 02 typically consists of of increasing difficulty. You must pass each level sequentially to move to the next. If you fail an exercise, you may be given a different one from the same level pool, but failing the exam entirely means you must restart from Level 1 upon retaking. Level 1: Basic String & Char Manipulation Focus: Understanding char arrays, loops, and simple output.

The hardest exercise is rarely more than 50 lines of code. If you find yourself writing 200 lines and three helper structures, you are wrong. Stop. Re-read the prompt. Look for a simpler recursive pattern.