Ebook: A Practical Introduction to Pascal

Since the first edition of this book was written in 1977, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of Pascal. This increased use has had two significant effects. (1) It has produced a bett er understanding of the facilities of Pascal and their use. (2) It has fostered the production of the ISO standard for Pascal. This second edition reflects both this better understanding and the clarifications and changes to Pascal which have resulted from the production of the BSljlSO Pascal standard. The standard (BS 6192, which supplies the technical content for ISO 7185) is the definitive document on Pascal. My work on the Pascal standard has convinced me that the description of a programming language may be tutorial, or it may be definitive, or it may be neither! The chapters of this book do not constitute a definitive description of Pascal. They are essentially tutorial. The book is based on an introductory lecture course given at Manchester. In addition to lectures, the course consists of two kinds of practical work. The first is based on the solution of short pencil-and-paper exercises. The second requires the student to write complete programs and run them using interactive computer terminals. Each chapter of the book concludes with exercises and problems suitable forthese purposes. Although solutions to all of these are not presented in the book, teaching staff may obtain them by application to the authors.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Form of a Program and Basic Calculations....Pages 4-8
Basic Control Constructs....Pages 9-20
Variables, Constants and Expressions....Pages 21-31
An Introduction to Input and Output....Pages 32-37
An Introduction to Procedures and Functions....Pages 38-47
Data Types....Pages 48-60
Structuring Methods 1 — the Sequential File....Pages 61-69
Structuring Methods 2 — the Set....Pages 70-77
Structuring Methods 3 — the Array....Pages 78-92
Structuring Methods 4 — the Record....Pages 93-101
Structuring Methods 5 — the Variant....Pages 102-106
Advanced Uses of Procedures and Functions....Pages 107-118
Dynamic Data Structures....Pages 119-134
Erratum....Pages 245-245
Back Matter....Pages 135-239

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Form of a Program and Basic Calculations....Pages 4-8
Basic Control Constructs....Pages 9-20
Variables, Constants and Expressions....Pages 21-31
An Introduction to Input and Output....Pages 32-37
An Introduction to Procedures and Functions....Pages 38-47
Data Types....Pages 48-60
Structuring Methods 1 — the Sequential File....Pages 61-69
Structuring Methods 2 — the Set....Pages 70-77
Structuring Methods 3 — the Array....Pages 78-92
Structuring Methods 4 — the Record....Pages 93-101
Structuring Methods 5 — the Variant....Pages 102-106
Advanced Uses of Procedures and Functions....Pages 107-118
Dynamic Data Structures....Pages 119-134
Erratum....Pages 245-245
Back Matter....Pages 135-239
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