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[Hero of Vortex]

Hero of Vortex

(C++ and other programming languages) Pseudocode

Yes, I was just making some Pseudocode and decided to randomly do a tutorial. I will be using C++ but you can use pseudocode for whatever as well.


So, suppose this was actually a very big program.

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
      cout << "I'm a big program.\n";
      return 0;
}


Pseudocode is like a programming language in english. In pseudocode, that would be:

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Say "I'm a big program."
Of course, you could write it like this as well:

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write out "I'm a big program."
But, you want to make it really real language-y, so...

Another example would be initializing a variable called eaten. You could say:

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Initialize eaten to 0.
So, just plan out your code in pseudocode and you won't make as many mistakes when actually writing the program. YAYYYY

Pseudocode is not a recognized programming language. Please do not try to compile pseudocode. It won't work. Vortex Inc. is not responsible if, by trying to compile Pseudocode, you trash your computer.

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[Scooternew]

Scooternew

Re: (C++ and other programming languages) Pseudo...

Not exactly. Pseudocode is really more like writing out the code but leaving out specific details. Something like this (in GM)

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draw_sprite(sprite,image,position);
x += view_xview + view width;
draw_set_color(orange color);
See, that wouldn't actually work, but you get what you have to do. You'd replace view width with view_wview, and position with "x,y" and orange color with the RGB values for orange.

[Hero of Vortex]

Hero of Vortex

Re: (C++ and other programming languages) Pseudo...

Well, two C++ books I have, both from different authors and publishing companies, say that it is writing it out as an English type... thing (Beginning C++ Game Programming and C++ for Game Programmers). Where did you hear that?

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[aab]

aab

Re: (C++ and other programming languages) Pseudo...

Its everything inbetween and including. Its what you want it to be - Just as long as its standardized within the one team of communicaters.

The point in pseudocode is that steps can be composite, and able to be broken, allowing it to be a simplified form, and that it can be read withought relying on the syntaxical constraint of a single language, such that any programmer should be able to understand it.
Scooternews example is bad pseudocode, but its acceptable and recognisable within the GM community.

It should also be a simple and clean thing, for example, indentation is sometimes used as the constraint of constructs in pseudocode:

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Set flag: Beginning enemy update
For each enemy
    Update this enemy
Set flag: Finished enemy update


I ♥ Sol
.... I ♥ Sol ? wtf how long has that been there? >_> *rrrrrrrrar*

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[Scooternew]

Scooternew

Re: (C++ and other programming languages) Pseudo...

Well yes aab, I'd have a different type of pseudocode for C++. But that's how its done often at the GMC.