Cambridge Pseudocode Full Reference Guide (cheat sheet)-Cambridge AS & A-Level - 9618

Cambridge Pseudocode Full Reference guide (cheat sheet)-Cambridge AS & A-Level - 9618.

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Also suitable for AQA GCSE Computer Science, OCR GCSE Computer Science, Edexcel Computer Science and A-Level Computer Science teachers.

What’s in the guide
The document is A4 landscape, 3-column layout, 4 pages covering every section of the official Cambridge 9618 Pseudocode Guide for Teachers (April 2023, valid 2023–2025):
Page 1

§1 Data Types & Variables — all 6 types, literals format, DECLARE, CONSTANT, assignment with ← operator
§2 Arrays — 1D and 2D declaration, element access, whole-array copy, loop-based assignment
§3 Input & Output — INPUT/OUTPUT syntax with multi-value output
§4 Arithmetic Operators — +, −, *, /, DIV, MOD with examples
§5 Relational & Logic Operators — all 6 relational symbols, AND/OR/NOT
§6 Selection — IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF with nested example, CASE/OF/ENDCASE with range syntax and OTHERWISE
§7 Iteration — FOR/NEXT (with STEP), WHILE/ENDWHILE, REPEAT/UNTIL, with a loop comparison table

Page 2

§8 Procedures & Functions — definition syntax, CALL, BYVAL vs BYREF, RETURN
§9 String Functions — LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LENGTH, LCASE, UCASE, & concatenation
§10 Numeric Functions — INT(), RAND()
§11 File Handling — text files (READ/WRITE/APPEND, READFILE, WRITEFILE, EOF), random files (SEEK, GETRECORD, PUTRECORD)

Pages 3–4

§12 User-Defined Types — Enumerated, Pointer (^), Record with dot notation, Set with DEFINE
§13 OOP — CLASS, PUBLIC/PRIVATE, NEW constructor, method calls, INHERITS, SUPER
§14 Worked Examples — 6 full programs: linear search, bubble sort, file read/process, input validation loop, function with record type, 2D array totals
§15 Exam Tips — 12 critical rules (←, DECLARE, ENDXXX, CALL vs function, MOD/DIV, EOF, string quotes, indentation, etc.)
§16 Common Errors — 11 wrong vs correct side-by-side comparisons
§17 Keyword Index — all 75+ keywords alphabetically with brief descriptions

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