Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand and use an if ... then ... else statement

Review

• if ... then ... else statements

Lesson

• go over "if ... then ... else" and "Compound Boolean Expressions", Chapter 3
  • Computer Based Problem Solving

Activity

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Daily Assignment

• we will be working on this next day as well since it is quite a complex problem
• create a "Rock, Paper and Scissor" program
  • use a "random Class" to generate a random number between 1 - 3 for the computers choice
  • use a 3 level If...Then...Else... Statement to see who wins( 3 possible choices win, lose, draw)
    • there are 9 different combinations though
      • but three are if both are equal, so that is an easy one
  • each Boolean expression will be a compound
    • except for when it is a tie
  • ENSURE you think about this BEFORE you start to program, or you will get nowhere!
    • that means a design document
      • top-down
      • flow-chart
      • pseudo-code

Extra

• create the above program in a second language

Homework!

• read over "nested if statements", Chapter 3
  • Computer Based Problem Solving