[Year 12 SofDev] Pseudocode tweak - VITTA 2012 SD Exam #1, Question C8b

[Mark KELLY]

Hi Maggie. In two other places in the pseudocode, IFs were closed by END
IF. This IF was not.

I agree that END IF is not always required (VITTA 2012 SD Exam #2, C7 is a
classic case)

but if END IFs are used twice in a piece of pseudocode, it should also be
used in the third case!

Cheers
Mark



On 16 August 2012 14:28, Margaret King Iaquinto <iaquinto at ozemail.com.au>wrote:

> Hi Mark
>
> In pseudocode, END IF does not need to be written. It commonly is -- but
> it is not required. I recall on past exams in SD that the assessors did not
> flag this as an error.
>
> I think this is because 'VB-centric' languages (wish I had a better way of
> describing this phenomenon since so many teachers use VB) require the END
> IF in the code. But some  languages, such as PHP, do not require it.
>
> But perhaps someone else might add to the discussion?
>
>  Maggie
> VK3CFI
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> Hi all. I believe in the VITTA 2012 SD Exam #1 there's a missing END IF to
> close the last IF in C8b.
>
> It's not crucial to any of the subsequent questions, but you might want to
> add it before giving it to the kiddies.
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