1. Write a function to read the text from the input file ‘input. txt’ (on Piazza) and place it in a buffer. A buffer of 80 bytes is more than enough. Before you call your function, set $a0 equal to the address of the filename and $a1 to the address of the buffer where data is stored. The function should return the number of bytes read in $v0. In the main program, print an error message and terminate the program if $v0 <= 0. 2. Write a function to extract integers from the text input buffer and store them in an array of 20 words. Before the function, set $a0=address of the array, $a1=20, $a2 the address where the buffer starts.

Write a program that prompts the user to input a string. the program then uses the function substr to remove all the vowels from the string. for example, if str = "there", then after removing all the vowels, str = "thr". after removing all the vowels, output the string. your program must contain a function to remove all the vowels and a function to determine whether a character is a vowel.

Suppose s, t, and w are strings that have already been created inside main. write a statement or statements, to be added to main, that will determine if the lengths of the three strings are in order by length, smallest to largest. that is, your code should determine if s is strictly shorter than t, and if t is strictly shorter than w. if these conditions hold your code should print (the boolean value) true. if not, your code should print false. (strictly means: no ties) example: if s, t, and w are "cat", "hats", and "skies" your code should print true - their lengths are 3-4-5; but if s, t, and w are "cats" "shirt", and "trust", then print false - their lengths are 4-5-5 enter your code in the box below

Let r be a robotic arm with a fixed base and seven links. the last joint of r is a prismatic joint, the other ones are revolute joints. give a set of parameters that determines a placement of r. what is the dimension of the configuration space resulting from your choice of parameters?