zzk

Hi everybody,
I have a question regarding algorithms

Read this algorithm

Counter = 0
Input character
While character is not a full stop do
If character = space then
Counter = Counter + 1
endif
Input character
endwhile
Number = counter + 1
Output Number

What is the output if the following is input?
The holidays will soon be here

I think there will not be any output since there is no full stop at the end and therefore, the while condition is not full filled. What do you think?

Benoit

What do you mean by full stop? The null byte?

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Berto

could be a full stop character, as to end the loop eg

while input != '.'
stuff
end while

Infinite Recursion

I'd probably write the code the implements the algorithm and enter the text in as a parameter to ensure a correct answer.

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Hockeyman

Assuming the full stop refers to a (non-displayed) null character at the end of the string, the output would be "6".
That algorithm loops through a string one character at a time, incrementing the counter between each word (as determined by spaces). When it reaches the null character (end of string) it exits the while loop and adds one more to the counter to account for the last word.

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