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DaWei · Oct 27th, 2005, 6:45 PM

Google for a definition of the word, "pseudo," why don't you? Sheesh. The pseudo-compiler in your head-bone rarely flags a fatal error in syntax....

Silvanus · Oct 27th, 2005, 8:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost

Correct, but from that link someone gave...it looks like I'm wrong. Don't worry about it, it's one of those crappy languages like perl or something

No, you were right the first time. Look at the guy's code! Does it look anything at all like perl (or for that matter, low-level)? Pseudocode is a way of explaining what you want the code to do in something like English, before you code it. I've never used it; friends in programming classes tell me they code first, pseudocode after to make the teacher happy.

bl00dninja · Oct 30th, 2005, 1:34 AM

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Don't use MS-Word to program it adds unecessary BS to the file.
Get Vi or Emacs, hell even notepad is better than word.

unless you save it with a .txt file extension, but yeah, for that crap don't bother with word, if you WANT to use a text editor check out notepad++ on sourceforge.

pseudocode can be like:

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get the file

parse strings to get employee names

parse strings and convert to int/float to get hours or pay

do some shit to get overtime results

that's NOT what YOU want, but it's fine pseudocode...it's plain speech for describing what your program does in logical order. and yeah, printing the input file is a damn waste of time. what YOU want is more like:

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read file

find employees with hours>40

print all relevant info on those employees (for the pay period)

Ghost · Nov 2nd, 2005, 2:00 PM

Bloodninja is right, good post.

pistalwhipped · Jan 20th, 2006, 12:09 PM

its called wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode

use it.

OpenLoop · Jan 20th, 2006, 12:28 PM

um, yea... this is a two months old thread.

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DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Google for a definition of the word, "pseudo," why don't you? Sheesh. The pseudo-compiler in your head-bone rarely flags a fatal error in syntax.... __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

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Nov 2nd, 2005, 2:00 PM	#24
Ghost Man Bear Pig Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NorCal, USA Posts: 295 Rep Power: 4	Bloodninja is right, good post.

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pistalwhipped Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	its called wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode use it.

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OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	um, yea... this is a two months old thread.

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