1D arrays
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An OCR Exam Reference Language program declares an array with array names[5]. Identify the index of the last item in names.
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OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) 2.2.3 Additional programming techniques: the use of arrays when solving problems, one-dimensional (1D) arrays, as fixed-length structures. Python lesson 7 of 10 in 2.2 Programming fundamentals, with OCR Exam Reference Language beside the Python: a spot-the-mistake…
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Lesson outline
- Do Now: spot the 3 mistakes
- Do Now: answers
- Key idea: An array: one name, many values
- Key idea: Loop through every item
- Quick check: total it
- Key idea: Largest, smallest and count
- Key idea: Fill from input, then search
- Set 1: index and change
- Set 2: loop through it
- Exam question E1: use an array in ERL
- Model answer E1
- Exam question E2: two logic errors
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