Java™ How to Program, Seventh Edition

Summary

Section 4.1 Introduction

• Before writing a program to solve a problem, you must have a thorough understanding of the problem and a carefully planned approach to solving it. You must also understand the building blocks that are available and to employ proven program-construction techniques.

Section 4.2 Algorithms

• Any computing problem can be solved by executing a series of actions in a specific order.

• A procedure for solving a problem in terms of the actions to execute and the order in which they execute is called an algorithm.

• Specifying the order in which statements execute in a program is called program control.

Section 4.3 Pseudocode

• Pseudocode is an informal language that helps programmers develop algorithms without having to worry ...