2D arrays and records
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The 2D array board is indexed [row, column]. Identify the OCR Exam Reference Language statement that stores "X" in row 2, column 0.
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OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) 2.2.3 Additional programming techniques: the use of arrays, including 2D arrays, and the use of records to store data. Python lesson 8 of 10 in 2.2 Programming fundamentals, with OCR Exam Reference Language beside the Python: a spot-the-mistakes Do Now, a short ke…
17 slides.
Lesson outline
- Do Now: spot the 3 mistakes
- Do Now: answers
- Key idea: 2D arrays: rows and columns
- Quick check: row first
- Key idea: Nested loops: visit every value
- Key idea: Records: fields about one thing
- Set 1: read and write a 2D array
- Set 2: nested loops
- Set 3: records
- Exam question E1: declare and use a 2D array in ERL
- Model answer E1
- Exam question E2: read an ERL program
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