With this text, Shaffer and Platt provide an alternate presentation and organization of material for an introduction to programming in Turbo Pascal. Emphasizing subprograms in the beginning and the object-oriented paradigm later, this new approach introduces functions and one repetitive control structure first, then slowly adds other structures. Students are motivated through the use of a chapter problem to demonstrate concepts, which is formalized towards the end of each chapter. This gives students substantial, yet understandable, examples of structures, presenting a more realistic picture of problem solving and program development. Abstraction, the underlying theme of the text, is demonstrated with control structures, data types, subprograms, and the object-oriented paradigm. Descriptions of nine subfields of computer science are integrated into the text. The text meets all criteria of the CS1 course, several from CS2, and related knowledge units.

Part 1: Getting Started 1. An Overview of Computers Part 2: Control Abstraction 2. The Programming Process 3. Selection Control Structures 4. Procedures and Event-Controlled Loops 5. Procedures and Reference Parameters 6. Text Files and Scope Rules Part 3: Data Abstraction 7. ADTs and One-Dimensional Arrays 8. Records and Other Composite Types 9. Abstraction and the Object-Oriented Paradigm 10. Inheritance and the Object-Oriented Paradigm 11. Sorting and Searching 12. Multi-Dimensional Arrays 13. String Processing 14. Sets and Enumerated Data Types Part 4: Advanced Topics 15. Recursion 16. Dynamic Data Structures 17. Analysis Exercises Appendix A. ASCII Tables Appendix B. Turbo Pascal Data Types Appendix C. Standard Identifiers and Subprograms Appendix D. Turbo Pascal Syntax Charts Appendix E. Pascal Operators and Symbols Appendix F. Turbo Pascal Error Messages Appendix G. The Turbo Pascal Integrated Debugger Appendix H. The Turbo Pascal Integrated Development Environment Appendix I. Printing Output from Programs Index Index to Topics of Chapter and Parallel Problems and Selected Exercises

Dale ShafferLander University, David C. PlattMesa Community College