Overview of Learning

• the use of variables, CONSTANTS, operators, inputs, outputs and assignments
• the use of the three basic programming constructs used to control the flow of a program:
  • sequence
  • selection
  • iteration (count and condition controlled loops)
• the use of basic string manipulation ( name.upper( ) or name[3:5] )
• the use of basic file handling operations:
  • open
  • read
  • write
  • close
• the use of records to store data
• the use of SQL to search for data
• the use of arrays (or equivalent) when solving problems, including both one and two dimensional arrays
• how to use sub programs (functions and procedures) to produce structured code
• data types AND DECLARING variables (and RAM size alloations):
  • integer
  • real / float
  • CHAR
  • string
  • Boolean
  • and casting between data types
• the common arithmetic operators
  • +
  • -
  • *
  • / (float division)
  • // (aka DIV or interger division)
  • Exponentiation (^)
  • % or MOD (remainder after DIV division)
• the common Boolean operators
  • AND
  • OR
  • NOT
• the common Comparrison operators
  • >
  • <
  • >=
  • <=
  • ==
  • !=
• the Assignment operator
  • =