4. Control Statements: Part 1

Let’s all move one place on.

—Lewis Carroll

The wheel is come full circle.

—William Shakespeare

How many apples fell on Newton’s head before he took the hint!

—Robert Frost

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

—Charles Sanders Peirce

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn:

  • To use basic problem-solving techniques.

  • To develop algorithms through the process of top-down, stepwise refinement using pseudocode.

  • To use the if and if...else selection statements to choose among alternative actions.

  • To use the while repetition statement to execute statements in a program repeatedly. ...

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