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11 Programming

Chapter 11 discusses fundamental programming concepts including constants, variables, control structures like IF and CASE statements, and various types of loops. It also covers parameter passing methods, the importance of using constants and library routines to minimize errors, and the process of program development using text editors and compilers. Additionally, it highlights the significance of transferable skills for understanding unfamiliar programming languages.

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11 Programming

Chapter 11 discusses fundamental programming concepts including constants, variables, control structures like IF and CASE statements, and various types of loops. It also covers parameter passing methods, the importance of using constants and library routines to minimize errors, and the process of program development using text editors and compilers. Additionally, it highlights the significance of transferable skills for understanding unfamiliar programming languages.

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Chapter 11 : Programming
01 Constants and variables pseudocode declaration
• Example:

02 IF statements

03 CASE statements

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04 Loops

05 Repeat loop

06 While loop

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07 For loop

08 Procedures

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09 Methods of passing parameters


• By value - does not change
• By reference - changed by procedure

10 Functions

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11 An appropriate way of indicating an unused array element


• Assign a value outside the normal range to one of the 9ields

12 Parameter passing method


• By reference:
- A pointer to address of the variable is passed
- Original variable is changed when parameter changed in called module
• By value:
- A copy of the variable itself is passed
- Original variable not changed when parameter changed in called module

13 Explain how the use of constants helps to minimise programming errors


• The value cannot accidentally get changed
• A change to the value requires changing in one place only

14 Why the use of library routines helps to minimise the risk of errors when
writing a program
• Tried and tested

15 Programming is sometimes referred to as a transferable skill.


Explain how transferable skills would help you work on the program.
(asked to use a language you are not familiar with)
• Able to recognise / understand in another language:
- Declaration / assignment / selection / repetition

16 Explain why a programmer would be able to understand a program that uses


a language that he is not familiar with
• He would use his transferrable skills to understand the new program
• He could recognise basic control structures in the language (e.g. loops,
declaration, ...)
• He could read the comments / meaningful variable names

17 Why a high-level language program must be translated before it can be run


• Code has to be in machine code to be executed

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18 Describe how programs are developed using a text editor and a compiler.
Include terms 'object code' & 'source code' in description.
• Create the source code using text editor
• Compiler translates the source code
• Compiler produces the object code

19 Pieces of information that the identifier table should contain other than the
identifiers name

20 Shuffle mechanism

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21 Advantages of using subroutines in programs

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