Instrucciones secuenciales, condicionales y de ciclo.

[gvergara]

Hi,

I do not know how to translate this into English. The problem is I am not familiar at all with IT concepts, so guessing/inferring is not a choice for me.

Resultados de Aprendizaje

Al final del curso, los estudiantes deben ser capaces de:

1. Escribir código claro, robusto y eficiente en Python usando:

Instrucciones secuenciales, condicionales y de ciclo.

Google Translate says it could be loop commands, but I cannot be sure, could you please help me?

Thanks in advance,

G.

 

[JNavBar]

In this context, the appropriate word is indeed "loop".

Sequential, conditional and loop instructions.

In this side of the ocean, we use bucle more than ciclo.

 

[gvergara]

Thanks a lot, JNavBar.

 

[lmgutie]

I agree, see the following: Control flow - Loops

Luis

 

[gvergara]

Thanks. Would it also be possible to call them loop commands?

 

[lmgutie]

Disclaimer: I have been a programmer but I am not a Python expert.
As fa as I can read, the appropriate term in Pyton would be "statements", while "commands" or "instructions" would not be.
Read here: 2. Lexical analysis — Python 3.10.1 documentation
Other languages might use "commands", instructions", etc., but here you are asking about Python.

Luis

 

[gvergara]

This is interesting, indeed, thanks a lot, Imgutie.

 

[Nomenclature]

Disclaimer: I have been a programmer but I am not a Python expert.
As fa as I can read, the appropriate term in Pyton would be "statements", while "commands" or "instructions" would not be.
Read here: 2. Lexical analysis — Python 3.10.1 documentation
Other languages might use "commands", instructions", etc., but here you are asking about Python.

Luis

I agree that "statements" is a a very good translation here.

In English if I were writing the syllabus I would probably use "Sequential, conditional, and iterative constructs"

As a note for future readers, we avoid "instructions" due to its association with Instruction set architecture - Wikipedia ("machine instructions" are a lower level concept, whereas Python is at a higher level. Understandable, but being precise sounds a bit better). We avoid "commands" because commands are lines of text that can be run in the terminal Command-line interface - Wikipedia, but Python is not generally meant to run line by line in the terminal.