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10 marksModular Programming and Data Structures

CAPE Computer Science Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 5(c)

Processing a text file 'testgrades.txt' containing student IDs and final marks.

Write a C program that reads 'testgrades.txt' to count and display the number of students receiving grades A (80-100), B (70-79), C (60-69), and F (<=59), along with the highest overall mark.

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  1. 5(a)(i)Describe the purpose of the lexical analysis stage in translation.[3 marks]
  2. 5(a)(ii)Comment on whether error detection exists during the lexical analysis stage.[1 mark]
  3. 5(b)Explain what modular programming is and how it promotes good programming practices.[2 marks]
  4. 5(d)Write a C program that takes a lowercase string from the user and checks whether it is a palindrome.[9 marks]

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