While Loop


by Krish Beachoo on Aug 9, 2021

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Edu Level: CSEC,NCSE


While Loop – Unbounded iterations (Unknown number of inputs) The while loop requires a terminating value to determine when to STOP. Usually the condition statement checks for the terminating value. The while construct consists of: While DO End while

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Problem 1: Write Pseudocode and draw a flowchart to accept scores terminated by 999 from the user, find and print the total of all the scores.

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Problem 2: After problem 1 to find the average of all scores entered by the user.

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Problem 3: Write Pseudocode and draw a flowchart that reads a series of numbers, terminated by 999 and prints the square of each numbers

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Problem 4: Write Pseudocode and draw a flowchart that prompts the user to enter the word 'Quit'. Every time the user enters a name, the the computer should out a greeting for them e.g. if the user enters 'Mary', the computer should output "Hello Mary"

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