Selection
What Selection means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Selection
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Reference: OCR
A condition is evaluated and exactly one branch runs, for example IF ... THEN ... ELSE ... or a CASE statement.
Choosing between alternative paths, for example with if or case.
Topics that use Selection
- Programming fundamentals (OCR GCSE)
- Constructs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- AND
- Condition-controlled iteration
- input and output
- NOT
- operator precedence
- variables and constants
- assignment
- Boolean operators
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