{"id":2040,"date":"2018-06-15T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2018-06-15T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:25:38","slug":"higher-procedures-horse-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2018\/06\/15\/higher-procedures-horse-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher – Procedures – Horse Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

A computer program stores the names, ages and height (the height of horses is measured in \u2018hands\u2019 – for example, 16) of fifteen horses in a riding school. The user of the program will be asked to select a\u00a0horse by entering a maximum age and height of the horse they wish to ride. The data for the fifteen\u00a0horses will be used to provide the user with a list of suitable. A horse is suitable if its age and height\u00a0are both less than or equal to the values entered by the user.<\/p>\n

To solve the program above we first of all have to break the program into smaller steps.<\/p>\n

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  1. A computer program stores the names, ages and height (the height of horses is measured in \u2018hands\u2019 – for example, 16) of fifteen horses in a riding school.<\/li>\n
  2. The user of the program will be asked to select a\u00a0horse by entering a maximum age and height of the horse they wish to ride.<\/li>\n
  3. The data for the fifteen\u00a0horses will be used to provide the user with a list of suitable. A horse is suitable if its age and height\u00a0are both less than or equal to the values entered by the user.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We then have to look at how data is passed inside the program<\/p>\n

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    This allows us to create a program that uses procedures to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

    \r\ndef storeHorses():\r\n    names=["Bob","Frank","Sue"]\r\n    ages=[4,5,6]\r\n    heights=[12,13,14]\r\n    return names,ages,heights\r\n\r\ndef getSearch():\r\n    maxAge=int(input("What is the max age you want to ride > "))\r\n    maxHeight=int(input("What is the max height you want to ride > "))\r\n    return maxAge,maxHeight\r\n\r\ndef displayHorses(names,ages,heights,maxAge,maxHeight):\r\n    for horse in range(3):\r\n        if ages[horse]<=maxAge and heights[horse]<=maxHeight:\r\n            print(names[horse],ages[horse],heights[horse])\r\n\r\ndef main():\r\n    #set up up variables\r\n    names=[]\r\n    ages=[]\r\n    heights=[]\r\n    maxAge=0\r\n    maxHeight=0\r\n    \r\n    names,ages,heights=storeHorses()\r\n    maxAge,maxHeight=getSearch()\r\n    displayHorses(names,ages,heights,maxAge,maxHeight)\r\n\r\nmain()\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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