title: Writing pseudocode with dummy value
body: <p>An pseudocode is required to input  a series of numbers from the keyboard and to ensure that they are in ascending order even though they need not be consecutive.The number may be positive or negative and will end with a dummy value of 9999. </p>
  
  <p>This is a python code I wrote and it works ok,</p>
  
  <pre><code>li=[]
  num=int(raw_input("Enter number"))
  while num!=9999:
      li.append(num)
      num=int(raw_input("Enter number"))
  new=0   
  print "Entered sequence is "
  print li
  j=0
  while j&lt;len(li):
      for i in range(len(li)-1):
          value1=li[i]
          value2=li[i+1]
  
          if (value1&gt;value2):
              new=li[i]
              li[i]=li[i+1]
              li[i+1]=new
      j+=1
  print "ordered list is "
  print li
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I have problem in writing this as an algorithm.</p>
  
  <p>This is my tried algorithm:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Main
      li      list
      num     integer
      new=0,j=0       integer
      Begin   
          num=INPUT num.
          while num&lt;&gt;9999.
              append num to li.
              num=INPUT num.
          ENDWHILE.
      DISSPLAY "Entered Sequence is".
      OUTPUT li.
      while j&lt;(length of li).
          FOR i=0 to (length of li-2).
          value1=i th element of li
          value2=(i+1) th element of li
              if (value1&gt;value2):
                  new=value1
                  value1=value2
                  value2=new
              ENDIF
          END FOR
          j=j+1
      ENDWHILE
      DISPLAY "ORDERED LIST IS"
      DISPLAY li
      END
  END
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can I use "<strong>list</strong>" in an algorithm because I think objects as "list" do not appear in every programming language.And shouldn't  algorithm be a general code.Same way is it allowed to use arrays in writing an algorithm</p>
  
  <p>And <strong>Is it okay to say "value1=ith element in li"</strong>?</p>
  
  <p>And how to show that I am assigning the value entered from keyboard to the variable "num"</p>