Help with modifying the program turing

[5pretty]

What is it you are trying to achieve?
Modify the mark analysis program to count the number of passing and failing marks proceesed please help me


What is the problem you are having?
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Describe what you have tried to solve this problem
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var students : int
var passinggrade : int
var finalgrade: int
var counter: int

for i: 1..10 by 1
end for
counter := 1 %Initialize

put "Input the number of students :"..
get students

loop
put "Enter the passing code for a course: "
get passinggrade
put "Enter mark for student: ", counter
get finalgrade
if finalgrade >= passinggrade then
put "Student passes"
put ""
else
put "Student fails"
put ""
end if
exit when counter >= students %Test
counter := counter + 1 %Update

end loop

Please specify what version of Turing you are using
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[Insectoid]

Have you tried anything?

[5pretty]

I am trying this accumaltor thing but its not working. I do not know what to put like if we need a counter or variable

[Tony]

5pretty @ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:43 pm wrote:

I do not know what to put like if we need a counter or variable

Forget about computers for a moment -- how would you handle the task? If you were physically handed a stack of papers with grades, what steps would you use to accomplish the same task?

[5pretty]

I would keep the passed marks on one side and the failed ones on the other.

[Tony]

That's a start, but it gives you two piles, and not the "count". What else would you do?

[5pretty]

tally the students who have passed and failed on a piece of paper

[Tony]

That is a good approach.

In this case, a "piece of paper" is a place where you record/remember information -- similar to variables.

"Tally" would be the process of incrementing a value in a variable.

You can take the ideas that you came up with, and try to describe them in Turing's language.

Turing:

var passing_students : int := 0 % keep track of passing students; initially none .. passing_students := passing_students + 1 % tally one more passing student

[5pretty]

var students : int
var passinggrade : int
var finalgrade: int
var counter: int
var passing_students : int := 0 % keep track of passing students; initially none
var failing_students : int := 0 % keep track of failing students; intiitally none

for i: 1..10 by 1
end for
counter := 1 %Initialize

put "Input the number of students :"..
get students

loop
put "Enter the passing code for a course: "
get passinggrade
put "Enter mark for student: ", counter
get finalgrade
if finalgrade >= passinggrade then
put "Student passes"
put ""
else
put "Student fails"
put ""
end if
exit when counter >= students %Test
counter := counter + 1 %Update
passing_students := passing_students + 1
failing_students := passing_students + 1
end loop

[Tony]

You've got the right pieces, but not in the right order. How would you follow those instructions?

Turing:

if finalgrade >= passinggrade then % if <condition to pass> put "Student passes" % say "Student passes" else % otherwise put "Student fails" % say "Student fails" end if exit when counter >= students % stop doing anything after N times counter := counter + 1 % keep track of how many times the above was done passing_students := passing_students + 1 % tally 1 for passing students % and also failing_students := passing_students + 1 % tally 1 for failing students

You might notice that in such a setup both tallies will always be the same.

[5pretty]

so we will need variables for passing_grade and failing_grade