Concepts Of Programming Language: Building A Scanner

Example Pseudocode

Problem: Given a sorted array a with n elements (i.e., a[0] <= a[1] <= … a[n-1]) and a number m, find if m is in the array.

 

1. Main pseudo code

 

data

given data

n: the number of integers given

a[0], …, a[n-1]: the given integers

m: given integer (to check if it is in a)

unknown data: N.A.

intermediate data:

found: indicating if is found from a

plan

// get array an from user input (numbers in a must be ordered).

n = getseries(a)

// find if is in array from index 0 to n-1

found = search(a, 0 , n-1, m)

if found print is found in a.

Otherwise print is not found in a.

 

(Pseudo code for all functions used in the main pseudocode)

 

2. Pseudo code for search function

 

Function name: search

input:

a: an array of numbers

bottom, top: bottom and top index

m: the number to search from a[bottom] to a[top]

output:

b: 1 if is in a a[bottom] to a[top]0 otherwise

Data

mid: middle index of the array

plan:

if (bottom > top) b = 0 and stop.

find the mid point mid of the array between bottom and top

if (a[mid] == mb = 1

else if (m > a[mid])

P2.1 // find if m is in a from mid+1 to top:

b = search(a, mid+1, top, m)

else P2.2 // find if m is in from bottom to mid-1

b = search(a, bottom, mid-1,m)

 

3. Pseudo code for getSeries function

 

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