Student – Selection in Programming

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Selection

What is the definition of this key word?

A statement where the code will only run if a condition is met.

Examples are IF statements & CASE statements

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IF or CASE

Which would you choose if there were 4 possible values to test for?

CASE

CASE statements are a more efficient statement to use when a variable has many possible values to test for. Not all languages support CASE statements.

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Condition

What is the definition of the key word?

A test that creates a True or False outcome

A selective statement tests to see if a condition is true before running the code. Eg. IF 3 > 2 THEN...

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What is the name for an IF inside another IF statement?

Nesting

A statement inside another statement is called nesting. The inner IF will only run if the outer IF is True.

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IF or CASE

Which would you choose if the outcome was either true or false?

IF

IF statements are used when there are only a small number of outcomes for a variable.

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Coding Challenges

Selection Challenge 1

Selection Challenge 2

Selection Challenge 1

Python is an example of a coding language that doesn’t use CASE statements. Complete the code below to include a conditional statement that calculates the grade boundaries of a test (these are example boundaries):

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Selection Challenge 2

Combining your selection statements with the parameters that are passed into a sub-routine can mean that you can make your sub-routines more efficient.

The code below sends the number 5 into the sub-routine to output the ASCII Art image. Update the program so that it generates a random number between 1 & 5 and outputs a corresponding image.

<a target="_blank" href="https://create.withcode.uk/python/5jR">create.withcode.uk</a>

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