does anybody know of a good book or site that teaches pseudocode ?

Answer 1

Pseudo of course means "false". Pseudocode is something between text and computer code. It's more concise than text but is not capable of being executed by a computer.

I don't believe there's any standardized approcach to writing pseudocode. There's no grammar or syntax as with a computer language. You just write the steps you plan on having the code follow as completely and unambigously as possible.

An example:

Read user's ATM card.

Validate card.

If valid
prompt for password
else
eject card
display "Invalid card"
end.

Validate password.


Repeat up to 3 times until valid:

If valid
display main menu
else
display "Invalid password, try again".

After 3 invalids:

Eject card.
Display "Please contact your bank".

Answer 2

Like said before; pseudocode in its intend just shows computer programming is based on elementary steps and instructions, not so abstract as a human verbal communication therefore there was no need to standardize or anyway formalize pseudocode.

You likely meant a beginner's programming book, saw such book onsale in a nearby Chapters.Indigo bookstore, it was part of the Dummies series and I skim through it for curiosity, surprised that it has BASIC compiler; all BASIC I know is interpreted.

Answer 3

Programmers use pseudocode in the same way that people use diagrams. Just like there's no single standard for diagrams, there's not a specific language known as Pseudocode.