Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
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Author: Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 4, Problem 6SA
Program Plan Intro
Sentinel:
Sentinel is a special value that is used to stop the sequence of series when there is no indication of explicit size.
- • It is also called as “flag value” or “dummy value” created in the
algorithm to terminate theprogram . - • The sentinel value must be a distinct value from the other data values, so that it is guaranteed to end the data.
- ○ For example: “null character” is used to end the null terminated string and a “negative integer” is used to indicate the end of sequence for non-negative integers.
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