The latest articles on DEV Community by matthijs pouwels (@matthijs_pouwels_9996aa3f). https://dev.to/matthijs_pouwels_9996aa3f https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2931565%2F2d422375-7e91-4a8a-93bf-d5330be3ec48.jpg https://dev.to/matthijs_pouwels_9996aa3f en matthijs pouwels Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:47:51 +0000 https://dev.to/matthijs_pouwels_9996aa3f/first-pseudocode-lines-1mij https://dev.to/matthijs_pouwels_9996aa3f/first-pseudocode-lines-1mij <p>Hey guys, I’ve started introduction to IT course on CodeCademy and I wrote my first pseudocode lines. I’m very curious for feedback and ideas.</p> <p>This was the assignment:</p> <ol> <li>Take two string values called text and pattern.</li> <li>Search through the value of text to check if the value pattern can be found within text.</li> <li>Notify the user if pattern was found in text or not.</li> </ol> <p>This is my solution:</p> <ol> <li>Input the pattern that needs to be searched</li> <li>To keep track of whether the text contains the pattern, establish a contains_pattern variable and initially set it to False.</li> <li>Has the  pattern been found? If not, continue to step 3. If so, skip to step 5.</li> <li>Is the current word equal to pattern? If not, go back to step 3 and continue to iterate over the entire text. If so, set the contains_pattern variable to True and then continue to step </li> <li>Is the contains_pattern equal to True? If not, then the pattern is not in the text. If so, then the pattern is in the text!</li> </ol> <p>Would love to hear your thoughts! Any improvements or alternative approaches you'd suggest? 🚀</p> computerscience programming