Rank Order
Randle Hurley · 1981
It is a tedious task, adding up marks which go back several terms or even years. Many students will have missed some of the tests and so the calculation of the averages will not be straightforward. The final job of organising the students into rank order takes a surprising amount of time. This program reduces the amount of time it takes to complete these tasks and, just as important, it eliminates most of the arithmetical errors which are so embarrassing. Students, with their vested interest in the fine detail of the list and only one calculation to make, are quick to spot an error which would lift them a place or two in the list. The ZX81 is set up to cope with any number of students up to a maximum of 256. Few schools or colleges will have more than this number of students following the same course at the same time. Any number of assessments and any range of marks can be handled as long as the total marks earned stays below 1038!