Thread: pseudo-code

Does anyone know what is meant by 'High-level pseudo-code'?

pseudo, as in false or fake

high level, as in don't descend into the details.

It means that want you to (somewhat freely) express the plan or outline of an algorithm without regard to a specific language. I don't recall there being in particularly strict rules in the depiction of pseudo code, though certainly someone could theoretically contrive some.

For example:

Code:

 For Each:
   { 
     Do Step A;
     Do Step B;
   }

Might qualify as pseudo code. It's decidedly C looking with respect to ; and {.

I've seen pseudo code that looks more like BASIC:

Code:

  For Each:

       if Step A then Step B
       else Step C

  Next

No one would expect pseudo code to drop into any compiler or language and make sense for actual use, but it should be descriptive of a plan such that code could be developed from it with simple translation.

In "high level" you wouldn't see the specifics of managing memory (no mallocs or callocs), probably not even "new" or "delete".

I don't use it much, and haven't since my college days a long, long time ago, so the notion may be different today.

Okay. it because we are told to write a high level pseudo-code for the program we wrote. Iwas just not sure what they meant by 'high-level'.
Thanks for your help

Originally Posted by laserlight

To be honest, I am more curious about what is "low level pseudo code"

Hmm maybe something like:

Code:

eax <- 123
ecx <- eax AND ecx
if zero ecx goto dosomething

(Note: just a joke. Don't take this post seriously. Please)

i thought it depends on the programming lang u use like if you use asm its low level and vb high level ?

...and I though pseudo code was supposed to be independent of language, more expressive of a plan for deployment in any language.

Then, too, I've not used it much or seen it enough to know that for certain.