6 replies to this topic

[saami]

Hello
Can someone explain this plz and where to learn about it. Thx

students: numbered 0 to m-1
courses: numbered 0 to n-1
M[i,j]=mark obtained by student i on course j

/* obtain the average mark for student i */
a:=0; j:=0; n=number of columns of M
While j<n
a:=a+M[i, j];
j:=j+1;
EndWhile
a:=a/n;

[cdg10620]

Hmm... This seems suspiciously like homework. Is this a school assignment?

[LuthfiHakim]

I don't know the actual language of the code. But it's very similar with Pascal. In fact only EndWhile and the missing of keyword do and begin after while line that made it definitely not pascal. Other than those, all of them were Pascal.

About what it does:

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While j<n
a:=a+M[i, j];
j:=j+1;
EndWhile

These were totalling marks from all courses the student i attended.

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a:=a/n;

And this calculates the average mark.

[Alexander]

I saw this in a powerpoint lecture (not saw, found it online when someone asked the same question ages ago), it is most likely homework.

[WingedPanther]

I suspect it's just pseudocode that's based on Pascal syntax.

[saami]

No its not a homework, it was given in a lecture and i didn't understand it.

[WingedPanther]

It still appears to be pseudocode.