OCR town are holding an election with three candidates (A, B and C) - OCR - GCSE Computer Science - Question 8 - 2018 - Paper 1
Question 8
OCR town are holding an election with three candidates (A, B and C). An electronic voting booth will be used to allow people to vote.
Write an algorithm that:
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Worked Solution & Example Answer:OCR town are holding an election with three candidates (A, B and C) - OCR - GCSE Computer Science - Question 8 - 2018 - Paper 1
Step 1
Initialisation of A, B and C as zero
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Initialize variables:
countA = 0
countB = 0
countC = 0
totalVotes = 0
Step 2
Allows input of anything from the user
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Create a loop that will continue until "END" is entered:
while True:
vote = input('Enter A, B or C (or type "END"): ')
Step 3
Incrementing A, B and C depending on input
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Process the input and update the vote counts:
if vote == 'A':
countA += 1
totalVotes += 1
elif vote == 'B':
countB += 1
totalVotes += 1
elif vote == 'C':
countC += 1
totalVotes += 1
elif vote == 'END':
break
else:
print('Invalid input, please enter A, B or C')
Step 4
At any point allows the official to type in 'END'
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Print the results when 'END' is entered:
print(f'A: {countA}, B: {countB}, C: {countC}, Total Votes: {totalVotes}')
