Records

Data types

• Data types allow programming languages to provide different classifications for items of data, so they can be used for different purposes.

DECLARE <identifier> : <data type>
DECLARE number : INTEGER

Data type	Description	Pseudocode	Python
boolean	Logical values, True (1) and False (0)	BOOLEAN	bool
char	Single alphanumerical character	CHAR	Not used
date	Value to represent a date	DATE	class datetime
integer	Whole number, positive or negative	INTEGER	int
real	Positive or negative number with adecimal point	REAL	float
string	Sequence of alphanumericalcharacters	STRING	str

Data types

Filling the data types for pseoducode.

1. Logical values, True (1) and False (0):
2. Single alphanumerical character:
3. Value to represent a date:
4. Whole number, positive or negative:
5. Positive or negative number with adecimal point:
6. Sequence of alphanumerical characters:

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Records

• Records are composite data types formed by the inclusion of several related items that may be of different data types.

TYPE
<Typename>
    DECLARE <identifier> : <data type>
    DECLARE <identifier> : <data type>
    DECLARE <identifier> : <data type>
    ……
ENDTYPE

TYPE
TbookRecord
    DECLARE title : STRING
    DECLARE author : STRING
    DECLARE publisher : STRING
    DECLARE noPages : INTEGER
    DECLARE fiction : BOOLEAN
ENDTYPE

DECLARE Book : TbookRecord
Book.author ← "David"
Book.fiction ← FALSE

Data types

are composite data types formed by the inclusion of several related items that may be of different data types

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