Pseudo Code Examples
Pseudo Code Examples
Example1:
1. do {
1.1prompt for a number > 0
1.2input number
1.3if(number <= 0)
1.3.1 display error: number <= 0
} while(number <= 0)
2. display log10(number)
3. display loge(number)
4. display sqrt(number)
Example2:
1. count 1
2. sum 0
3. do{
3.1
3.2
input num
3.3
3.4
count count + 1
3.2
input num
3.3
3.4
count count + 1
}
4. display sum
5. stop
sum 0
count 0
prompt for grade (>= 0)
input grade
max grade
min grade
while(grade >= 0){
4.1 sum sum + grade
4.2count count + 1
4.3if(grade > max)
4.3.1 max grade
else if(grade < min)
4.3.2 min grade
4.4prompt for grade (>= 0)
4.5input grade
} // end while
8. if(count == 0)
8.1display error
else{
8.2 average sum / count
8.3display average
8.4display max
8.5display min
}
9. stop
FOR PSEUDO-CODE EXAMPLES
Example1: Each of 20 students has done 4 quizzes. Find the class average
and the average of
each student.
1. classTotal 0
2. for 20 times{
2.1 studentTotal 0
2.2 for 4 times {
2.2.1 prompt for student grade
2.2.2 studentTotal studentTotal + grade
}
2.3 studentAverage studentTotal / 4
2.4display studentAverage
2.5classTotal classTotal + studentTotal
}
classAverage classTotal / 80
display classAverage
Note: For-loops in which the increment/decrement is not one are better
written as while loops in pseudo-code