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    Algorithm Development: by Neil A. Basabe

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    The document discusses algorithms and two common ways to depict them: pseudocode and flowcharts. Pseudocode uses a plain language description of algorithm steps, while flowcharts use graphic symbols to represent coded instructions. The document provides examples of pseudocode for a program that prompts the user to input two numbers and displays their product, and a flowchart for a program that prompts the user to input 4 exam grades and displays "PASS" or "FAIL" based on the average.

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    The document discusses algorithms and two common ways to depict them: pseudocode and flowcharts. Pseudocode uses a plain language description of algorithm steps, while flowcharts use graphic symbols to represent coded instructions. The document provides examples of pseudocode for a program that prompts the user to input two numbers and displays their product, and a flowchart for a program that prompts the user to input 4 exam grades and displays "PASS" or "FAIL" based on the average.

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    The document discusses algorithms and two common ways to depict them: pseudocode and flowcharts. Pseudocode uses a plain language description of algorithm steps, while flowcharts use graphic symbols to represent coded instructions. The document provides examples of pseudocode for a program that prompts the user to input two numbers and displays their product, and a flowchart for a program that prompts the user to input 4 exam grades and displays "PASS" or "FAIL" based on the average.

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    Algorithm Development: by Neil A. Basabe

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    The document discusses algorithms and two common ways to depict them: pseudocode and flowcharts. Pseudocode uses a plain language description of algorithm steps, while flowcharts use graphic symbols to represent coded instructions. The document provides examples of pseudocode for a program that prompts the user to input two numbers and displays their product, and a flowchart for a program that prompts the user to input 4 exam grades and displays "PASS" or "FAIL" based on the average.

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    Algorithm

    Development

    by Neil A. Basabe
    - procedure for solving a problem in terms of the actions to be executed
    and the order in which those actions are to be executed. An algorithm is
    merely the sequence of steps taken to solve a problem.

    2 Ways To Depict An Algorithm:

    a. Pseudocode - is a plain language description of the steps in an algorithm or another system


    - often uses structural conventions of a normal programming language,
    but is intended for human reading rather than machine reading

    b. Flowchart - a type of diagram that represents a workflow or process


    - a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm, a step-by-step approach
    to solving a task
    START/BEGIN: This is the start of your
    Steps To Write pseudocode.
    Pseudocode INPUT: This is data retrieved from the user
    through typing or through an input device.
    READ / GET: This is input used when reading
    ● Capitalize key data from a data file.
    commands (IF score PRINT, DISPLAY, WRITE, SHOW: This will show
    > 70 THEN...) your output to a screen or the relevant
    output device.
    ● Write one statement COMPUTE, CALCULATE, DETERMINE: This is
    per line used to calculate the result of an
    expression.
    ● Use indentation SET, INIT: To initialize values.
    INCREMENT, BUMP: To increase the value of a
    ● Be specific variable.
    DECREMENT: To reduce the value of a variable.
    ● Keep it simple STOP/END: The end of the pseudocode.
    Example 1: Write a pseudo code for a program that prompts
    the user to input two numbers. Thereafter, the
    program will display the product of the the two
    numbers.

    BEGIN
    SET product = 0
    INPUT num1 , num2
    CALCULATE product = num1*num2
    WRITE product
    END

    Pseudocode Example
    - is a diagram that uses a set of standard graphic symbols to
    represent the sequence of coded instructions fed into a computer, enabling it to perform
    specified logical and arithmetical operations.

    Flowchart
    Example 1: Using a flowchart, develop an algorithm of a program that prompts the user
    to input 4 Major Exams. Thereafter, the program will display “PASS” if average grade is
    greater than or equal to 60 otherwise, it will display “FAIL”.

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