Summary

Section 4.1 Introduction

• Before writing a program to solve a problem, you must have a thorough understanding of the problem and a carefully planned approach to solving it. You must also understand the building blocks that are available and employ proven program-construction techniques.

Section 4.2 Algorithms

• Any computing problem can be solved by executing a series of actions (p. 103) in a specific order.

• A procedure for solving a problem in terms of the actions to execute and the order in which they execute is called an algorithm (p. 103).

• Specifying the order in which statements execute in a program is called program control (p. 104).