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O-LevelComputer ScienceProgrammingOct/Nov 2024Paper 2 Q96 Marks

The function LENGTH(X) calculates the length of a string X Write the pseudocode statements to: • allow a line of text to be input to an appropriate variable • store this line of text in a text file called Main.txt • calculate the length of the line of text and output the text in lower case along with its length • store the lower-case line of text in a text file called Lowercase.txt Make sure that any variables used are declared and that both text files are closed after they have been used.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Computer Science (2210) Oct/Nov 2024 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Programming and is worth 6 marks.

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