Microsoft Visual C++ programming: How to write an algorithm?

[Jenshen fou]

How do you understand and begin to write an algorithm?.
What are the procedures that take to write a program?

I have no idea?
I am taking a course in C++ and I do not know where to begin, or what to do?

[Rabbit]

That's probably a question you should ask the course teacher. Your question is akin to asking how do understand and begin to do math? It's such a broad question that there's not really a way to answer it.

[Jenshen fou]

Thank you. I need a special help. I asked the school to provide me a tutor. The school deos not provide any for this course. Nobody cares?.

[zmbd]

Jenshen,
It's not that we don't care. This forum, and frankly most forums, simply isn't the best place to teach you the fundamentals of any application or programming language.
You have (or someone has) paid for a class and you need to avail yourself of the teacher’s open office hours. Also, it is impossible for me to believe that there are no tutors available for you. You need to go back to your teacher and ask for a list of tutors and/or get with the other students in your class and form a study group.

and a simple google turned up this:
http://www.freetechbooks.com/a-pract...sion-t804.html

Between this, your study group, the teacher, and your book... all you need to do now is work.

-z

[donbock]

You begin with a problem to be solved. For instance, suppose you want to find out if some particular number is prime.

Then you look for an appropriate algorithm. An algorithm is a strategy for solving the problem; and it doesn't need to have anything to do with computers. It is not unusual to have a choice of algorithms. For example, algorithms to test primality include:

• Trial division
• Sieve of Eratosthenes
• Elliptic curve primality test
• and many more

Then you select one of the candidate algorithms.

Then you write a program that implements the chosen algorithm. This is the first step where you use a computer.

Finally you test your program to make sure it really and truly solves the problem.