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Control Statements: Part 1;
Assignment, ++ and --
Operators
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Let's all move one place on.
—Lewis Carroll
How many apples fell on
New t o n's h e a d b e f o re h e t oo k t h e
hint!
—Robert Frost
Objectives
In this chapter you'll:
Learn basic problem-solving
techniques.
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Develop algorithms through
the process of top-down,
stepwise refinement.
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Use the
if
and
if
…
else
selection statements to
choose between alternative
actions.
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Use the
while
repetition
statement to execute
statements in a program
repeatedly.
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Use counter-controlled
repetition and sentinel-
controlled repetition.
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Use the compound
assignment operator, and the
increment and decrement
operators.
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Learn about the portability of
primitive data types.
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