Programming Languages for MIS

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introduCtion

in Figure1.7. Loop is actually a variation of if- then- else logic. e common loops

include for- loop and do- loop. e variable used in a loop to control the execution of

the loop is called a counter.

1.4.7 Module

A large program must be divided into modules to make the program easy to debug.

Also, a module can be reused. Here, a module could be a paragraph of instructions,

an independent function, or a class, depending upon the specific language in discus-

sion. An instruction in a module can call another module to accomplish a specific task

carried out by the called module, as illustrated in Figure1.8. A module has its name,