CHAPTER 3

Decision Making

As a beginner I was always wondering why so many examples like finding the largest of given three numbers, finding the largest among a given set of numbers, sorting a given set of numbers in a particular order, searching for a required number in a set of numbers and so on, all involving just integer numbers, are discussed. I became really restless when I came across many searching as well as sorting algorithms that have been developed and analyzed at lengths. I am sure that almost every beginner goes through such a phase of confusion during his early part of computer education. Having known the power of a computer and decided to have computer education, every one will be interested in having a go, to begin with itself. ...

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