C.10. Case Study: Nested Control Statements

We’ve seen that control statements can be stacked on top of one another (in sequence). In this case study, we examine the only other structured way control statements can be connected—nesting one control statement within another.

Consider the following problem statement:

A college offers a course that prepares students for the state licensing exam for real estate brokers. Last year, ten of the students who completed this course took the exam.

The college wants to know how well its students did on the exam. You’ve been asked to write a program to summarize the results. You’ve been given a list of these 10 students. Next to each name is written a 1 if the student passed the exam or a 2 if the student ...

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