Pseudocode Fundementals

Question 1

How would you introduce a global variable?

Answer 1

global variablename = data

Question 2

how do you do a psedocode for loop?

Answer 2

for i=0 to 7
print(“hello”)
next i

This will print “hello” 8 times (0 and 7 are inclusive).

Question 3

how do you do a while loop in pseudocode?

Answer 3

while [condition]
–repeated instructions–
endwhile

Question 4

how do you do a “do” loop in pseudocode?

Answer 4

do
-repeated instructions–
until [condition]

Question 5

what are the logic operators in pseudocode?

Answer 5

AND
OR
NOT

Question 6

what are comparison operators in pseudocode?

Answer 6

==
!=
<
<=
>
>=

Question 7

what are the arithmetic operators in pseudocode?

Answer 7

*
/
MOD
DIV

Question 8

what function do we use to get a string’s length?

Answer 8

stringname.length

Question 9

what function do we use to extract a string from a bigger string?

Answer 9

stringname.subString(startPosition, numberofCharacters)

Question 10

what command is used to open a txt file in pseudocode?

Answer 10

myFile = openRead(“sample.txt”)

Question 11

what pseudocode function do we use to read a line in an opened file?

Answer 11

myfile.readline()

Question 12

what pseudocode function do we use to close an opened file?

Answer 12

myfile.close()

Question 13

what function do we use to check if we are at the end of a file?

Answer 13

myfile.endofFile()