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Pupil Code - Exam Question

Jan 19th, 2022
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  1. Pupils in school are allocated a pupil code identifying them as follows last two digits of the year started then First 5 Digits of surname and First initial. We are assuming all pupils have a surname of at least 5 characters
  2. For example, Freda Bloggs who joined in 2021 would have the code 21bloggf
  3. (a) Complete the following pseudocode for a function definition that would take year, surname and first name as parameters and return the pupil code
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  5. 01 function pupilcode(year,…………………… ,……………………)
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  7. 02 yrpart = year.subString(2,2)
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  9. 03 snpart = surname.subString(0,……………………)
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  11. 04 fnpart = firstname.subString(0,1)
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  13. 05 ………………… yrpart + snpart.lower + fnpart.lower
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  15. (b) Use pseudocode to write the algorithm that does the following
  16. • Inputs the year, surname and first name of the pupil
  17. • Uses the pupilcode function to work out the pupilcode
  18. • Adds the pupil code to a text file as a permanent record called pupilcodes.txt
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