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The document explains the concepts of validation and verification in programming, detailing various checks such as range, length, type, presence, format, and check digits for validation. It also covers methods for verification, including double entry checking and visual checks, to ensure data accuracy. Additionally, it describes four types of test data: normal, abnormal, extreme, and boundary data.

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Validation

The document explains the concepts of validation and verification in programming, detailing various checks such as range, length, type, presence, format, and check digits for validation. It also covers methods for verification, including double entry checking and visual checks, to ensure data accuracy. Additionally, it describes four types of test data: normal, abnormal, extreme, and boundary data.

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Validation & Verification

Please note that none of these pseudocode examples are 100% correct (referring to syntax - as
in the technical way to write it) but the idea is to show you how the methods work.

Validation
This an automated process where a computer checks if input value by the
user meets the program's requirements to run (e.g. if a str variable is used,
it makes sure that the user enters a string not an integer, Boolean or a
float/real value so that the program can run without errors).

There are 6 main ones you need to know (range, length, type, present,
format checks, and check digits)

Range Check

This will ensure a particular number falls within a required range.

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OUTPUT 'Input any number between 0 and 100 inclusive'
REPEAT
INPUT Number
IF Number < 0 OR Number > 100
THEN
OUTPUT 'Your number is not between 0 and 100 inclusive.
Try again.'
ENDIF
UNTIL Number >= 0 AND Number <=100

Length Check

This will check the length of a string (e.g. a password to ensure that its at
least 8 characters long)

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OUPUT 'Please enter your password'
REPEAT
INPUT Password
IF LENGTH(Password) < 8
THEN
OUTPUT 'Your password is too short. Try again.'
ENDIF
UNTIL LENGTH(Password) <- 8

Type Check

This will check what type of data you've entered whether it's a Boolean,
string, or integer.

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OUTPUT 'Enter an integer'
REPEAT
INPUT Number
IF Number <> DIV(Number, 1)
THEN
OUTPUT 'You have not entered an integer. Try again.'
ENDIF
UNTIL Number <- DIV(Number, 1)

Presence Check

Checks to see if you've entered data into a field or not (e.g. required * fields
on an online form)

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OUTPUT 'Enter your age'
REPEAT
INPUT Age
IF Age = ''
THEN
OUTPUT 'You need to enter your age'
ENDIF
UNTIL Age <> ''

Format Check

This will ensure that data has been inputted in the correct format (e.g. say
you want their date of birth, but you want the day first, then the month, then
the year). It's done using pattern matching and string handling.

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OUPTUT 'Enter your gmail email address'
Run <- True
WHILE Run = True DO
INPUT Email
IF '@gmail.com' NOT IN Email
THEN
OUTPUT 'You have not entered a gmail email address. Try
again.'
ELIF '@gmail.com' IN Email
THEN
Run <- False
ENDIF
ENDWHILE

Check Digits

If you're unsure about what these are, look here as I've explained them
already.

Verification
This is to check whether data is accurate or not when entered into a
system. There are two main methods which you need to be aware of
(double entry checking and visual checks).

Double Entry Checking

This involves entering the data twice (e.g. when resetting a password or
entering your email). You have to input data into two seperate variables
and then check both to see if they match. If they do not match, then both
inputs are not the same, so the user has incorrectly entered data.

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REPEAT
OUTPUT 'Enter your password'
INPUT Password1
OUTPUT 'To confirm your password, please enter it again'
INPUT Password2
IF Password1 <> Password2
THEN
OUTPUT 'Your passwords do not match. Try again.'
ENDIF
UNTIL Password1 = Password2

Visual Checks
This is where you trust the human to check the data they're inputting
without any actual data checking via an algorithm or check.

A pop-up should appear before they are allowed to enter the data. If they
select that the data is correct, then the data is appended to the variable. If
not, then the data is re-inputted before being appended to the variable.

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REPEAT
Answer <- False
OUTPUT 'Enter your name'
INPUT Name
OUTPUT 'Is this correct (Y/N)?'
INPUT Verify
IF Verify = 'N'
THEN
OUTPUT 'Please re-enter the data'
INPUT Name
ELIF Verify = 'Y'
THEN
Answer <- True
ENDIF
UNTIL Answer <- True

Test Data
There are 4 types of test data:

1. Normal Data (should be accepted in the program, well within the


boundary)
2. Abnormal Data (should not be accepted in the program, outside the
boundary)
3. Extreme Data (a form of boundary data, tests the max. and min.
value of a program)
4. Boundary Data (where you test the max. and min. values but withing
the acceptable and not acceptable range - e.g. if my range is
between 0 and 100, I'll have 4 numbers as boundary data which are -
1, 0, 100, and 101 - generally boundary and extreme data are the
same)

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