Identifying and Correcting Errors

What is Identifying and Correcting Errors?

Identifying and correcting errors is the four-step handling of a faulty algorithm: locating the line at fault, explaining the effect it has on the output, writing the exact corrected line, and choosing test data that would expose the fault if it returned.

This definition is part of the Algorithm Design and Problem-Solving chapter in Cambridge O Level Computer Science.

Concepts related to Identifying and Correcting Errors

• Trace Table
• Test Data
• boundary data
• logic error