Computer Unit 6 yur

List

An ordered collection of elements

Element

An individual value in a list that is assigned a unique index

Index

A common method for referencing the elements in a list or string using numbers

Iteration

a repetitive portion of an algorithm which repeats a specified number of times or until a given condition is met.

Infinite loop

occurs when the needing condition will never evaluate to true

Traversal

The process of accessing each item in a list one at a time

Data abstraction

manage complexity in programs by giving a collection of data a name without referencing the specific details of the representation.

List.length

gives the length of the list

List.length-1

Gives the index of the list

list[index]

Returns an item from the list at the specific index

insertItem(list, index, item)

Inserts an item into the list at a specific index, shifts other elements to the right.

removeItem(list, index)

remove item from the list making it smaller, shifts other elements to the left

appendItem(list, item)

adds a new element to the end of the end