students focus on the process of breaking a problem into smaller components and then addressing the smaller components throughout the text. The five steps are: * State the problem clearly. * Describe the input and the output. * Work the problem by hand (or with a calculator) for a specific set of data. * Develop a solution that is general in nature. * Test the algorithm with a variety of data sets. * Key Topics Covered - arithmetic computations, control structures, array processing, external procedures, and data types, and pointers. * Includes real-world applications throughout.

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