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  {\Large \bf Notes}
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\item[Writing If-Statements] ``Think positive'' while writing if
  statements. If you find yourself thinking in terms of: ``If this and
  this is the case I need to {\it skip} ...'', then you are going
  wrong.  You should immediately correct this thinking
  to ``If this and this is {\em not} the case, I need to {\em do} ...''.\\
  Similarly, ``If this and this is the not case I need to skip ...'',
  then you are going wrong.  You should immediately correct this
  thinking to ``If this and this is the case, I need to {\em do} ...''.\\
  For example, ``If the applicant is international, skip asking for
  a social security number'' should be programmed something like:\\
  \verb^if (us_citizen) {cout << "Soc-sec-no: ``; cin >> soc_sec;}^\\

\item[Indentation] Increase indentation for statements inside
  \verb^if^, \verb^for^, and \verb^while^ statements.  This makes it
  easy to see at a glance where the compound statements of these
  constructs end.

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