07. Pearson Edexcel GCSE (1CP2) Topic 1A Data structures and arrays

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EDEXCEL 1CP2 Specification Reference - Topic 1A: 1.1.1 - 1.2.7

This video starts by outlining the concept of a data structure before delving deeper into arrays, both one and two-dimensional, and how they are implemented with lists in Python. It is assumed that students already have programming experience with variables.

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00:00 Data structures and arrays
00:07 Intro
00:12 What is a data structure?
01:23 What is an array?
02:47 One-dimensional arrays (Python)
04:35 Two-dimensional arrays (Python)
05:57 Use of the record data structure
09:32 Recap
09:40 Going beyond the GCSE specification
10:01 Going beyond a two-dimensional array
10:15 Three-dimensional array
11:17 Four-dimensional array
11:41 Five-dimensional array
12:29 Outro

Last updated: 04.09.25

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