Question

3. What is the error in the following pseudocode? // The searchName function accepts a string containing the name // to search for, an array of strings containing the names, and // an integer specifying the size of the array. The function // searches for the name in the array. If the name is found, the // string containing the name is returned; otherwise a message // indicating that the name was not found in the array is // returned. Function String searchName(String name, String names[], Integer size) Declare Boolean found Declare Integer index Declare String result // Step through the array searching for the // specified name. While found == False AND index <= size − 1 If contains(names[index], name) Then Set found = True Else Set index = index + 1 End If End While // Determine the result. If found == True Then Set result = names[index] Else Set result = "That name was not found in the array." End If Return result End Function

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is "In the given pseudo-code there are three errors".

Explanation:

The description of the errors can be defined as follows:

• The first error in this code is that the variable doesn't initialize any value with a variable, which is equal to false.
• The second error is it does not return any string value.
• At the last, if the conditional statement doesn't work properly because in this block if the name is found, it doesn't print any error message.