is the ap style pseudocode case sensitive between variable names? is List the same as list?

I'm fairly certain that the AP pseudocode variables are case sensitive (as it is the case with several if not most programming languages).

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AP®︎/College Computer Science Principles

Course: AP®︎/College Computer Science Principles > Unit 9

Lesson 2: Learn AP CSP exam pseudocode

AP CSP exam pseudocode reference

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Since AP CS Principles is taught with a variety of programming languages, the AP CSP exam questions use a pseudocode that represents fundamental programming concepts.

Each AP CSP exam comes with a pseudocode reference that students can consult during the exam. That reference is available on page 205 of the College Board AP CSP exam description.

To practice AP CSP pseudocode, you can work through the exercises in our Programming and Algorithms units. You can see a reference to the pseudocode used in each question by clicking "What language is this code in?" under the answers.

The following is an adaptation of the official pseudocode reference, with links to practice questions for each concept.

AP CSP pseudocode

Assignment, display, and input

a ← expression

Evaluates expression and assigns the result to the variable a.
📝Practice: Storing data in variables

DISPLAY (expression)

Displays the value of expression, followed by a space.
📝Practice: Programming basics

INPUT ()

Accepts a value from the user and returns it.

Arithmetic operators and numeric procedures

a + b a - b a * b a / b

The arithmetic operators, +, -, *, and /, are used to perform arithmetic on a and b.
📝Practice: Mathematical expressions

a MOD b

Evaluates to the remainder when a is divided by b. Assumes that a and b are positive integers.
📝Practice: Mathematical expressions

RANDOM(a, b)

Evaluates to a random integer from a to b, including a and b.
📝Practice: Random numbers

Relational and Boolean operators

a = b a ≠ b a > b a < b a ≥ b a ≤ b

The relational operators, =, ≠, >, <, ≥, and ≤ are used to test the relationship between two expressions, variables, or values.
📝Practice: Conditionals with if, else, and Booleans

NOT condition

Evaluates to true if condition is false; otherwise evaluates to false.
📝Practice: Compound Booleans with logical operators

condition1 AND condition2

Evaluates to true if both condition1 and condition2 are true; otherwise evaluates to false.
📝Practice: Compound Booleans with logical operators

condition1 OR condition2

Evaluates to true if condition1 is true or if condition2 is true or if both condition1 and condition2 are true; otherwise evaluates to false.
📝Practice: Compound Booleans with logical operators

Selection

IF (<condition>) { <block of statements> }

The code in block of statements is executed if the Boolean expression condition evaluates to true; no action is taken if condition evaluates to false.
📝Practice: Conditionals with if, else, and Booleans

IF (<condition>) { <first block of statements> } ELSE { <second block of statements> }

The code in first block of statements is executed if the Boolean expression condition evaluates to true; otherwise the code in second block of statements is executed.
📝Practice: Conditionals with if, else, and Booleans, Nested conditionals

Iteration


REPEAT n TIMES
{
   <block of statements>
}

The code in block of statements is executed n times.
📝Practice: Numbered repetition of instructions


REPEAT UNTIL (condition)
{
   <block of statements>
}

The code in block of statements is repeated until the Boolean expression condition evaluates to true.
📝Practice: Conditional repetition of instructions

List operations

For all list operations, if a list index is less than 1 or greater than the length of the list, an error message is produced and the program terminates.

list[i]

Refers to the element of list at index i. The first element of list is at index 1.
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

list[i] ← list[j]

Assigns the value of list[j] to list[i].
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

list ← [value1, value2, value3]

Assigns value1, value2, and value3 to list[1], list[2], list[3], respectively.
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

FOR EACH item IN list { <block of statements> }

The variable item is assigned the value of each element of list sequentially, in order from the first element to the last element. The code in block of statements is executed once for each assignment of item.
📝Practice: Iterating over lists with loops

INSERT (list, i, value)

Any values in list at indices greater than or equal to i are shifted to the right. The length of list is increased by 1, and value is placed at index i in list.
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

APPEND(list, value)

The length of list is increased by 1, and value is placed at the end of list.
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

REMOVE(list, i)

Removes the item at index i in list and shifts to the left any values at indices greater than i. The length of list is decreased by 1.
📝Practice: Storing and updating lists

LENGTH(list)

Evaluates to the number of elements in list.

Procedures


PROCEDURE name (parameter1, parameter2, ...)
{
     <instructions>
}

A procedure, name, takes zero or more parameters. The procedure contains programming instructions.
📝Practice: Defining a procedure, Procedures with parameters


PROCEDURE name (parameter1, parameter2, ...)
{
     <instructions>
     RETURN (expression)
}

A procedure, name, takes zero or more parameters. The procedure contains programming instructions and returns the value of expression. The RETURN statement may appear at any point inside the procedure and causes an immediate return from the procedure back to the calling program.
📝Practice: Procedures with return values

Robot

If the robot attempts to move to a square that is not open or is beyond the edge of the grid, the robot will stay in its current location and the program will terminate.

MOVE_FORWARD ()

The robot moves one square forward in the direction it is facing.

ROTATE_LEFT ()

The robot rotates in place 90 degrees counterclockwise (i.e. makes an in-place left turn).

ROTATE_RIGHT ()

The robot rotates in place 90 degrees clockwise (i.e. makes an in-place right turn).

CAN_MOVE (direction)

Evaluates to true if there is an open square one square in the direction relative to where the robot is facing; otherwise evaluates to false. The value of direction can be left, right, forward, or backward.

📝Practice of robot-like questions are throughout the Repetition lesson.

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