Java coding converted to pseudo code

Question

I have to convert this Java code to pseudocode. The program accepts 2 times and returns the time span in minutes.

In Java we have int hr1_int and int hr2_int so what they will be in pseudo code? And the String , sub-string, parseInt, try-catch structure also what will they be in pseudo?

try
{
    hr1_int = Integer.parseInt(hr1);
    min1_int = Integer.parseInt(min1);

}
catch(NumberFormatException e)
{
    System.out.println("The input time is wrong. Please reinput");
    continue;
}

hr1 = time1.substring(0,2);

pseudo code is not a programming language. It is a general code where works for all languages. It seems some one write pseudo code for your logic :) — Suresh Atta, Oct 13 '15 at 17:25

m.antkowicz · Answer 1 · 2015-10-13T19:43:12.733

The pseudocode is not a specific language. It is rather pattern of design of some part of code avoiding its syntax when you

Don't know the language
Have a better things to do than care about syntax

The example can be - if you want to tell someone how to make a method to check how many array elements are odd you can write

 for every element in the array:
      if is odd:
          increase odd_counter
      else
          do nothing

 print odd_counter

it is not any language it is just "how to write it less or more"

Just to make it more visible - please look at tcooc's comment below - the valid code in Java/C++/etc can also be kind of pseudocode

To add onto this answer, even your valid Java code, by definition, can be considered pseudocode. Therefore no change is necessary. — tcooc, Oct 13 '15 at 17:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '15 at 17:32

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Pseudocode varies from person to person, since it's basically just sentences/phrases formatted to look like code.

For example, I would write your example in pseudo code this way:

hour = parseInteger(hourString);
minute = parseInteger(minuteString);
if (errors)
    output("error message");

That's just me though, I prefer my pseudocode to look more code-like. Someone else might write the exact same example like so:

Try to
    Parse hour integer,
    Parse minute integer
If there were errors,
    Write the errors to console.

It's totally dependent on the person writing it.

answered Oct 13 '15 at 17:32

Mage Xy

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if in the java program i have initialized a lot of things ( e.g int a , double b) apart from the user input. Do i also need to put it in pseudo code ? if yes what should it be – Tran Minh Quang Oct 14 '15 at 04:26
and if i make something in java like if ( ' a ' == ' b ' ) { break; ( mean continue to next loop else it will repeat asking a question) } then what should it be in pseudo code ? Thanks a lot for your help – Tran Minh Quang Oct 14 '15 at 04:30
@TranMinhQuang What do you think it should be? Chance are you're probably right in whatever you choose. Like I state in my answer, the point of pseudocode is to describe an algorithm. *There is no right or wrong answer* as long you're accurately describing what the code is doing. – Mage Xy Oct 14 '15 at 13:26

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '19 at 15:20

public String getPlatform ()
{
   return this.Platform;
}

public String getInterviewerName ()
{
   return this.InterviewerName;
}

public String getDeveloperName ()
{
   return this.DeveloperName;
}

public int getWorkingHour ()
{
   return this.WorkingHour;
}

public void setDeveloperName (String newDeveloperName)
{
   this.DeveloperName = newDeveloperName;
}

public void Display ()
{
   System.out.println ("The platform is :" + this.Platform);
   System.out.println ("The interviewer name is:" + this.InterviewerName);
   System.out.println ("The Working Hour is:" + this.WorkingHour);

   if (this.DeveloperName != "")
   {
      System.out.println ("The developer's name is:" + this.DeveloperName);
   }
}

Java coding converted to pseudo code

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