4 Study the following pseudocode. Line numbers are for reference only. 10 FUNCTION Convert(Name : STRING) RETURNS STRING 11 12 DECLARE Flag: BOOLEAN 13 DECLARE Index : INTEGER 14 DECLARE ThisChar : CHAR 15 DECLARE NewName : STRING 16 17 CONSTANT SPACECHAR = ' ' 18 19 Flag ← TRUE 20 Index ← 1 21 NewName ← "" // formatted name string 22 23 WHILE Index <= LENGTH(Name) 24 ThisChar ← MID(Name, Index, 1) 25 IF Flag = TRUE THEN 26 NewName ← NewName & UCASE(ThisChar) 27 IF ThisChar <> SPACECHAR THEN 28 Flag ← FALSE 29 ENDIF 30 ELSE 31 NewName ← NewName & ThisChar 32 ENDIF 33 IF ThisChar = SPACECHAR THEN 34 Flag ← TRUE 35 ENDIF 36 Index ← Index + 1 37 ENDWHILE 38 39 RETURN NewName 40 41 ENDFUNCTION (a) Complete the trace table below by dry running the function when it is called as follows: Result ← Convert("VinVa∇∇Cup") Note: The symbol 'V' has been used to represent a space character. Use this symbol for any space characters in the trace table. The first row has been completed for you. Name | Flag | Index | NewName | ThisChar --------------|------|-------|---------|--------- "VinVa∇∇Cup" | | | | (b) The pseudocode for Convert() contains a conditional loop. State a more appropriate loop structure. Justify your answer. Loop structure ................................................................................................................................................... Justification ....................................................................................................................................................... (c) Two changes need to be made to the algorithm. Change 1: Convert to lower case any character that is not the first character after a space. Change 2: Replace multiple spaces with a single space. (i) Change 1 may be implemented by modifying one line of the pseudocode. Write the modified line. (ii) Change 2 may be implemented by moving one line of the pseudocode. Write the number of the line to be moved and state its new position. Line number ..................................................................................................................................................... New position ....................................................................................................................................................
- (a)Complete the trace table below by dry running the function when it is called as follows: Result ← Convert("VinVa∇∇Cup") Note: The symbol 'V' has been used to represent a space character. Use this symbol for any space characters in the trace table. The first row has been completed for you. Name | Flag | Index | NewName | ThisChar --------------|------|-------|---------|--------- "VinVa∇∇Cup" | | | | [5]
- (b)The pseudocode for Convert() contains a conditional loop. State a more appropriate loop structure. Justify your answer. Loop structure ................................................................................................................................................... Justification .......................................................................................................................................................[2]
- (c)(i)Change 1 may be implemented by modifying one line of the pseudocode. Write the modified line.[1]
- (c)(ii)Change 2 may be implemented by moving one line of the pseudocode. Write the number of the line to be moved and state its new position. Line number ..................................................................................................................................................... New position ....................................................................................................................................................[2]
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- [1] (a) Column 2 correct for Flag (TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE)
- [1] (a) Column 3 correct for Index (1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- [1] (a) Column 4 correct for NewName ("", "V", "Vi", "Vin", "Vin∇", "Vin∇A", "Vin∇A∇", "Vin∇A∇∇", "Vin∇A∇∇C", "Vin∇A∇∇Cu", "Vin∇A∇∇Cup", "Vin∇A∇∇Cup")
- [1] (a) Column 5 correct for ThisChar ('V', 'i', 'n', '∇', 'a', '∇', '∇', 'C', 'u', 'p', (blank))
- [1] (a) Final row all correct (including final 11)
- [1] (b) Loop structure: A count-controlled loop
- [1] (b) Justification: The number of iterations is known
- [1] (c)(i) 24 ThisChar ← LCASE (MID(Name, Index, 1))
- [1] (c)(i) ALTERNATIVE: 31 NewName ← NewName & LCASE(ThisChar)
- [1] (c)(ii) Line number: 26
- [1] (c)(ii) New position: Move to after line 27 / line 28
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