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Question 16

An algorithm is designed to extract the protocol prefix from a uniform resource locator (URL) string.

protocol ← ""
k ← 0
WHILE url[k] ≠ ":" AND k < 6
    protocol ← protocol + url[k]
    k ← k + 1
ENDWHILE
isWeb ← False
IF protocol = "http" OR protocol = "https" THEN
    isWeb ← True
ENDIF

Select the most appropriate data type for the variable k used in this algorithm.

A

Character

B

Integer

C

Real

D

String

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Data types Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Data types

50 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Data types. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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