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What is pseudocode?

 List of steps written in English


 Like the instructions for a recipe
 Must be in the right sequence
 Imagine saying “bake the cake” and then “mix it up”
Sample Pseudocode
 Task: add two numbers
 Pseudocode:
 Start
 Get two numbers
 Get first number
 Get second number
 Add them
 Print the answer
 End
Pseudocode
 English language constructs modeled to look like
statements available in most programming
languages

 Steps presented in a structured manner


(numbered, indented, and so on)

 No fixed syntax for most operations is required

Invitation to Computer Science,


Java Version, Third Edition 4
Pseudocode (continued)
 Less ambiguous and more readable than natural
language

 Emphasis is on process, not notation

 Well-understood forms allow logical reasoning


about algorithm behavior

 Can be easily translated into a programming


language
Invitation to Computer Science,
Java Version, Third Edition 5
Sample Pseudocode
 Task: add two numbers
 Pseudocode:
 Start
 Get two numbers
 Get first number
 Get second number
 Add them
 Print the answer
 End
What does a flowchart look like?
 The pseudocode from the previous slide would look
like this as a flowchart:

Start
Print answer
Get 2 numbers
End
Add them
What are those funny symbols?

 START/END

 INPUT/OUTPUT

 PROCESS

 DECISION
What are those funny symbols?
 START/END
 Used at the beginning
and end of each
flowchart.
What are those funny symbols?

 INPUT/OUTPUT
 Shows when
information/data comes
into a program or is
printed out.
What are those funny symbols?
What are those funny symbols?
 PROCESS
 Used to show
calculations, storing of
data in variables, and
other “processes” that
take place within a
program.
What are those funny symbols?
What are those funny symbols?
 DECISION
 Used to show that the
program must decide Y
whether something X>7?
(usually a comparison
N
between numbers) is
true or false. YES and
NO (or T/F) branches
are usually shown.
Another Sample:
Calculating Age
 Pseudocode:
 Start
 Get year DOB
 Calculate age = (sysdate-DOB)
 Print age
 If age > 50 print OLD
 End
Another Sample:
Start
Calculating Age
Get yr

Calc age

 Flowchart
 Start Print age

 Get year born


 Calculate age OLD Y Age>50?
 Print age
N
 If age > 50 print OLD End
 End
Self-Check
 Look at the flowchart section below. If the variable X is
5, what will print (K or 1st)?

Print “K” N Y Print “1st”


X > 5?
Self-Check
 Look at the flowchart section below. If the variable X is
5, what will print (K or 1st)?

Print “K” N Y Print “1st”


X > 5?

K will be printed. The answer to the question “Is X greater than 5?”
is NO, since X is equal to (not greater than) 5.
Self-Check
 Choose the correct
flowchart symbol for each
of these statements.
 AGE>65?
 Calc. Tax
 START
 Print NAME
Self-Check
 Choose the correct
flowchart symbol for each
of these statements.
 AGE>65?
 Calc. Tax
 START
 Print NAME
Challenge
 Try to write pseudocode and create a flowchart for a
program that calculates the average of three grades
and prints the average.
 The word GOOD should be printed only if the average
is more than 80.
Challenge
 Possible pseudocode
 Start
 Get three grades
 Average them (add all of them / number of grads taken)
 Print Average
 Average>80?
 If Yes, print GOOD
 End
START

Challenge Get 3 grades


 Possible flowchart
 Start Calc avg
 Get three grades
 Average them
Print avg
 Print Average
 Average>80?
Y
 If Yes, print GOOD GOOD Avg>80?
 End
N

END
Challenge
 Try to write pseudocode and create a flowchart for a
program that calculates the average of three grades
and prints the average.
 The word GOOD should be printed only if the average
is more than 80.
Challenge
 Possible pseudocode
 Start
 Get three grades
 Average them
 Print Average
 Average>80?
 If Yes, print GOOD
 End
START

Challenge Get 3 grades


 Possible flowchart
 Start Calc avg
 Get three grades
 Average them
Print avg
 Print Average
 Average>80?
Y
 If Yes, print GOOD GOOD Avg>80?
 End
N

END
 Algorithm for Computing Average Miles per
Gallon
 Write a program to do the task: Print a list of the numbers
from 4 to 9, next to each number, print the square of the
number.

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