IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Pseudocode basics, variables and input/output
Students learn Cambridge pseudocode conventions and how to declare variables and constants, choose data types, assign values, and use INPUT and OUTPUT.
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Modules (12)
1
Pseudocode as a design method
2
Keywords in capital letters
3
Identifiers in Pascal case (7a)
4
Indentation in pseudocode
5
Comments with // (7a)
6
Data type keywords: INTEGER, REAL, CHAR, STRING, BOOLEAN
7
Writing literals in Cambridge pseudocode
8
DECLARE a variable (7a)
9
CONSTANT declarations
10
Assignment with ← (7a)
11
INPUT command
12
OUTPUT command
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