Debugging Exercises

• 1. Part of the following pseudocode is incompatible with the Java, Python, C, and C++ languages. Identify the problem. How would you fix the problem if you were to translate this pseudocode into one of the aforementioned languages?

Module checkEquality(Integer num1, Integer num2)

  If num1 = num2 Then

      Display "The values are equal."

  Else

  Display "The values are NOT equal."

  End If

End Module

• 2. The intended purpose of the following module is to set the temp parameter to the value 32.0 if it is not already equal to 32.0. This will not work as the programmer expects, however. Find the problem.

Module resetTemperature(Real Ref temp)

If NOT temp == 32.0 Then

     Set temp = 32.0

  End If

End Module