5.11. Nested Control Statements

We have seen that control statements can be stacked on top of one another (in sequence). In this case study, we examine the only other structured way control statements can be combined, namely, through the nesting of one control statement within another.

Consider the following problem statement:

A college offers a course that prepares students for the state licensing exam for real estate brokers. Last year, 10 of the students who completed this course took the licensing exam. The college wants to know how well its students did on the exam. You have been asked to write a program to summarize the results. You have been given a list of the 10 students. Next to each name is written a “P” if the student passed the ...

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