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Chapter 5.5, Problem 5.24CP

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Sentinel:

Sentinel is the special value which is used to stop the sequence of series when there is no indication of explicit size.

  • It is also called as "flag value" or "dummy value" created in the algorithm to terminate the program.
  • The sentinel value must be a distinct value from the other data values, so that it is guaranteed to end the data.
    • For example: "null character" is used to end the null terminated string and a "negative integer" is used to indicate the end of sequence for non-negative integers.
  • Whenever the program reads the sentinel value it stops the execution of loop, because it knows that it reaches the end of sequence.

Example Program:

The following program code uses the sentinel value:

#Initialize the variables

total = 0

counter = 0

# Get the marks

...

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Chapter 5 Solutions

Starting Out with Programming Logic and Design (5th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)

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