Pseudocode
Computer Science: OCR GCSE, topic 2.1.4
Pseudocode
Pseudocode is a common way of representing an algorithm.
Pseudocode
- Pseudocode is a way to write out algorithms using code-like statements.
- It is intended to be very readable, and easy to understand.
Purpose of pseudocode
- Pseudocode isn't a programming language.
- Pseudocode is used to plan algorithms, focusing on the logic and steps rather than language-specific syntax.
OCR pseudocode
- OCR have produced their own pseudocode which will be used in this course.
- You do not need to write pseudocode exactly as they do, as long as it is clear what you are doing.
- You do need to be able to understand their style of pseudocode.
Test yourself on Pseudocode
How can pseudocode be run on the computer?
Which of these is the main focus of pseudocode?