Strings, random numbers and exceptions
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- 12 questions
- 29 marks
- about 35 minutes
- marked instantly
Question types: multiple choice, short answer, matching, true or false.
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State the value of city.Substring(3, 4). string city = "Manchester";
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AQA A-level Computer Science (7517) 4.1.1.7 String-handling operations · 4.1.1.8 Random number generation · 4.1.1.9 Exception handling. C# lesson 4 of 10 in 4.1 Programming: a spot-the-mistakes Do Now, a short key idea, an 11-challenge ladder in three sets with exact test data, two exam questions…
17 slides.
Lesson outline
- Do Now: spot the 3 mistakes
- Do Now: answers
- Key idea: Strings
- Key idea: Random numbers
- Quick check: which line rolls a dice?
- Key idea: Exceptions
- Set 1: cut strings up
- Set 2: exceptions
- Exam question E1: string functions in pseudo-code
- Model answer E1
- Exam question E2: stop the crash
- Model answer E2
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