Some basic conventions for describing a program with input, variables, etc.

Input

You want to indicate that data is coming into the program from some external source.

get name from user
get user_record from employee_database

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Variables

set points to 2
set names to 'Dave', 'Reggie', 'Hope', 'Colleen'

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Conditionals

if points is less than 0 
     print “You lose!”
elseif points is greater than 100
    print "High Score"
else
    print "You won, but didn't get the high score"
endif

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Loops

For Each

for each name in names 
     print name
endfor

For Loop

for every number from 1 to 100
    print number
endfor

While Loop

while user_input is not 'Exit'
   ...do something here
endwhile

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Functions

function print_message 
    pass in message
    print message
endfunction

call print_message with "Howdy!"