Chapter 8 Assignment

PSPC Chapter 8 Assignment.txt

Problem Solving and Programming Concepts

Adam Merrifield (2697795).

Chapter 8 Assignment: pg 350 3a

3. a. Professor Zak allows students to drop the two lowest scores on the 10
100-point quizzes she gives during the semester. Design an application that
accepts a student name and 10 quiz scores. Output the student’s name and
total points for the student’s eight highest-scoring quizzes.

start

	Declarations
	   num SIZE = 9
	   num score[SIZE]
	   num x
	   num y
	   num temp
	   num total
	   num QUIT = 999
	   string name
	   string message

	name = prompt("Please enter your name:")
	score[] = getScores()
	score[] = sortScores()
	total = addScores(score)
	outputData(name, total)
stop

getScores()
	x = 1
	message = "Please enter score " x " of 10 (or " QUIT " to quit):"
	while x < SIZE AND score[x - 1] != QUIT
		score[x - 1] = prompt(message, x)
		x++
	endwhile
return

sortScores()
   x = 1
   while x < SIZE
      temp = score[x]
      y = x - 1
      while y >= 0 AND score[y]  > temp
         score[y + 1]  = score[y]
         y--
      endwhile
      score[y + 1]  = temp
      x++
   endwhile
return

addScores(array score)
	Definitions
		num total = 0

	x = SIZE
	while x > 1
		total = total + score[x]
		x--
	endwhile 
return

outputData(string name, num total)
	
	output name "'s total score is:"
	output total
return

string prompt(string msg) {
	Definitions
		string name

	output msg
	input name
return

num prompt(string msg, num X) {
	Definitions
		num score
	output msg
	input score
return

modify so that the student mean median score on the eighth best score are displayed ???