ALGORITHMS

ALGORITHMS

1. Set of Instructions | To complete a task | in a finite amount of time

   • NOT a program
     • Pseudocode is structured English, not programming code, so all can understand
   • Many algorithms to solve one problem
     • Faster
     • More efficient: use less memory

2. Represent Algs

   • Flow Charts
     • Symbols
       • Decision
       • Process
       • Entity
       • Start \ Stop
   • Pseudocode
     • Repetition
       • For... to ... next
       • Do... while
     • Selection
       • If... then... else
       • Select Case...of... otherwise...end select

3. Classic algorithms

   • Sorting
     • Bubble
     • Quick
     • Merge
   • Searching
     • Linear
     • Binary