Defining Algorithms

An algorithm is a process or set of rules to be followed through CODE
can be written in differeent ways and still accomplish the tasks
appear similar may yeild different results
conditionals can be written the same as boolean expressions

Conditionals vs Booleans

condition is a booleans expresson when an expression outputs either tru or false
boolean values can only ever hold true or false

3.8 part 3

Binary Search

determine the number of iterations to find value uin data set
Binary search: search algoristhm that finds the position of a target value w/in an array
an algorithm for iterating to find a value inside adata set
starts in the middle of a data set of numbers and eliminates 1/2 the data, process is repeated until value is found

print("choose value for x")

varx=int(input("Enter any positive Integer"))

if (varx %2 == 0):
    print("the number is even")

else:
    print("the number is odd")
# Run this cell to see how it works

import random # allows the program to generate random numbers

score = 0
iterate = 0

while (iterate < 3):
    var1 = random.randint(1, 20)
    if (var1 >= score):
        score = var1
    iterate = iterate + 1
else:
    print(f"Score: {score}")

Score: {score}