PSeInt profile UPSIN

These are the rules of the UPSIN profile, explained simply, with an example that follows them and opens in Codoritmo with one click.

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How its author describes it

The profile's original text, in Spanish, as distributed with PSeInt.

Perfil para la asignatura "Programacion Estructurada" del programa académico Ingeniería Biomédica de la Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa-UPSIN (enviado por el Ing. Cesar Hazzel Gonzalez Rojas).

In short

What changes compared with Codoritmo's default profile:

Every variable must be declared with Definir
The Para counter is protected
Every statement must end with a semicolon
Entonces, Hacer and endings such as FinSi must be written in full
You can assign with = as well as <-
Arrays start at 0
Array sizes must be fixed numbers
No Para Cada (for each) loop
Repetir only ends with Hasta Que
No text functions such as Longitud or Subcadena

All of its rules

Marked rules differ from Codoritmo's default profile; everything else behaves the same.

Variables

How they are declared and when they can be used.

Declare variables with DefinirDiffers from default: Required. Before using a variable you must declare it with its type, for example Definir edad Como Entero. That includes the counter of every Para.
Give a value before use: Not checked. It's still good practice to give every variable a value before using it.
Protected Para counterDiffers from default: Inside a Para you can't change the counter, and once the loop ends the counter has no value, so don't use it afterwards.
Accents and ñ in names: Allowed: a variable can be called año or posición.

Writing style

Punctuation, closing words and how values are assigned.

Semicolon at the endDiffers from default: Required. Every statement ends in ;, as in Escribir "Hola";. Lines that open or close a structure (Si, FinSi, FinPara) don't take one.
Relaxed syntaxDiffers from default: Strict: write every structure in full, with Entonces, Hacer and one-word endings such as FinSi and FinMientras.
Assign with =Differs from default: Allowed: besides x <- 5 you can write x = 5. Inside a condition, = is still a comparison.

Operators and conditions

How comparisons are written and text is put together.

Word operators: You can write Y, O, NO and MOD (and, or, not, remainder) as well as their symbols &, |, ~ and %.
Plain-language conditions: Accepts conditions such as x Es Par (is even), x Es Mayor Que 5 (is greater than 5) or x Es Divisible Por 3.
Join text with +: Allowed: "Hola, " + nombre makes a single piece of text.

Arrays

Where indexes start and how the size is set.

First array indexDiffers from default: Arrays start at 0: after Dimension notas[3] the slots are notas[0], notas[1] and notas[2].
Array size from a variableDiffers from default: Not allowed: the size in Dimension must be a fixed number, such as Dimension datos[10].
Resize arrays: You can change the size of an existing array with Redimensionar.

Loops and Segun

Which ways of repeating and choosing between cases it accepts.

Para Cada loopDiffers from default: Not available: go through arrays with a Para and an index.
Repetir … Mientras QueDiffers from default: A Repetir loop can only end with Hasta Que condition (until).
Para counting down: If the start is greater than the end, Para counts down one by one even without Con Paso -1.
Segun with whole numbers: The value a Segun checks can also be text, with options such as "a".

Subroutines and text functions

Which extra tools you get to organise the program.

Your own subroutines and functions: You can write your own SubProceso or Funcion to split the program into parts.
Text functionsDiffers from default: Not available: this profile has no Longitud, Subcadena, Mayusculas, Minusculas or Concatenar.

An example that follows these rules

It works out the average of three marks. It's written for this profile, and the comments point out what changes compared with the default. We checked it with Codoritmo's interpreter using these same rules.

PerfilUPSIN.psc · 38 lines

1// Example written with the rules of the UPSIN profile2// Every statement ends with a semicolon3// Strict syntax: Entonces, Hacer and FinSi always in full4Algoritmo PerfilUPSIN5    // This profile requires every variable to be declared with Definir6    Definir notas, suma, i Como Entero;7    Definir promedio Como Real;8    Definir nombre Como Caracter;9    // The array size must be a fixed number10    Dimension notas[3];11    // Arrays start at 0: the slots are 0, 1 and 212    notas[0] <- 8;13    notas[1] <- 9;14    notas[2] <- 7;15    // This profile also lets you assign with =16    suma = 0;17    // No Para Cada: the array is read with an index18    Para i <- 0 Hasta 2 Hacer19        // Inside the Para you can't change i20        suma <- suma + notas[i];21    FinPara22    promedio <- suma / 3;23    nombre <- "Ana";24    Escribir "Hi, ", nombre;25    Escribir "Average: ", promedio;26    Si promedio >= 7 Y promedio <= 10 Entonces27        Escribir "Passed";28    SiNo29        Escribir "Failed";30    FinSi31    Si suma Es Par Entonces32        Escribir "The sum is even: ", suma;33    SiNo34        Escribir "The sum is odd: ", suma;35    FinSi36    // Longitud, Mayusculas and the other text functions aren't available37    // Repetir can only end with Hasta Que38FinAlgoritmo

What it prints

This is the example's real output, run with the UPSIN profile.

Hi, Ana
Average: 8
Passed
The sum is even: 24