Trace table
What Trace table means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Used to trace the algorithm, record each variable after every step, and find the first step where a value differs from the expected value.
A recording tool with one column per variable and one row per step, so you can read off the value a variable holds at any chosen point.
Topics that use Trace table
- Algorithms (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic operators
- Binary search
- Bubble sort
- Linear search
- Logic error
- Logical operators
- Merge sort
- Modulus
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