Pseudo code

Question 1

What is pseudo code?

Answer 1

an alternative text based way of representing the sequence of steps in an algorithm
can be thought of as a simplified form of programming code
allows us to lay down the logic of a problem in an almost like real code way without worrying about the actual rules and syntax of a particular language

Question 2

Program to output largest of two inputs - pseudo code

Answer 2

number1 = input()
number2 = input()
if number1 > number2 then
print(“the largest number is”+number1.tostring())
else
print(“the largest number is”+number2.tostring())
endif

Question 3

Program to output largest of three inputs - pseudo code

Answer 3

number1 = input()
number2 = input()
number3 = input()
if number1 > number2 then
if number1 > number3 then
print(“the largest number is”+number1.tostring())
else
print(“the largest number is”+number3.tostring())
endif
else
if number2 > number3 then
print(“the largest number is”+number2.tostring())
else
print(“the largest number is”+number3.tostring())
endif
endif