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AP Computer Science Principles›Unit 3: Algorithms and Programming›Algorithms and Programming

Expressions, Strings, and Data Abstraction

Arithmetic and string operations build values; lists abstract many values into one name.

MOD and arithmetic
String concatenation and substrings
Lists as abstraction

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3Algorithms and Programming

Variables, Lists, and Procedures
Expressions, Strings, and Data Abstraction
Conditionals, Iteration, and Boolean Logic
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Procedures and Libraries
Simulations and Random Values
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