Question

You work in the IT group of a department store and the latest analytics shows there is a bug that allows customers to go over their credit limit. The company's president has asked you to develop a new algorithm to solve this problem.

Create your algorithm using pseudocode that determines if a department store customer has exceeded their credit limit. Be sure you gather the following inputs from the user:

• Account number
• Balance of the account
• Total cost of all the products the customer is looking to purchase
• Allowed credit limit

After you gather the inputs, make sure your algorithm calculates if the user can purchase the products and provides a message to the user indicating if the purchase is approved or declined.

Answer 1

Algorithm:

start
Declare String AccountNumber
Declare Real balance, totalcost, creditlimt
  
Output "Enter Account Number"
Input AccountNumber
Output "Enter Balance of account"
Input balance
Output "Enter total cost of all products"
Input totalcost
Output "Enter Credit Limit"
Input creditlimit
If balance>=totalcost
Output "Purchase is Approved"
False:
Output "Purchase is Declined"
End
stop

Main String AccountNumber Real balance, totalcost, creditlimt Output "Enter Account Number" Input AccountNumber Output "Enter Balance of account" Input balance Output "Enter total cost of all products" Input totalcost Output "Enter Credit Limit" Input creditlimit False True balance>=totalcost Output "Purchase is Declined" Output "Purchase is Approved End