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Flowcharting
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What is a Flowchart?
START
Display message
“How many
hours did you
work?”
program.
Read PayRate
• The figure shown here
is a flowchart for the Multiply Hours
by PayRate.
pay-calculating
Store result in
GrossPay.
END
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Basic Flowchart START Terminal
Multiply Hours
by PayRate.
START Store result in
GrossPay.
Display
GrossPay
END Terminal
END
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Basic Flowchart START
Multiply Hours
by PayRate.
Display message Store result in
GrossPay.
“How many
Read Hours
hours did you Display
GrossPay
work?”
END
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Basic Flowchart START
assignment
Multiply Hours
by PayRate.
Process Store result in
Multiply Hours GrossPay.
by PayRate.
Store result in Display
GrossPay
GrossPay.
END
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Four Flowchart Structures
• Sequence
• Decision
• Repetition
• Case
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Sequence Structure
• A series of actions are performed in sequence
• The pay-calculating example was a sequence
flowchart.
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Decision Structure
• The flowchart segment below shows how a decision
structure is expressed in Pascal as an if/else statement.
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Decision Structure
• The flowchart segment below shows a decision structure
with only one action to perform. It is expressed as an if
statement in Pascal code.
Flowchart Pascal Code
Calculate a
as x times 2.
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Repetition Structure
• The flowchart segment below shows a repetition structure
expressed in Pascal as a while loop.
while (x < y) do
YES x:=x+1;
x < y? Add 1 to x
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Controlling a Repetition
Structure
• The action performed by a repetition structure must
eventually cause the loop to terminate. Otherwise, an
infinite loop is created.
• In this flowchart segment, x is never changed. Once the
loop starts, it will never end.
• QUESTION: How can this
YES
flowchart be modified so x < y? Display x
it is no longer an infinite
loop?
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Controlling a Repetition
Structure
• ANSWER: By adding an action within the repetition that
changes the value of x.
YES
x < y? Display x Add 1 to x
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Case Structure
If years_employed = 2, If years_employed = 3,
bonus is set to 200 bonus is set to 400
If years_employed = 1, If years_employed is
CASE
bonus is set to 100 years_employed any other value, bonus
is set to 800
1 2 3 Other
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Connectors
END
A
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Modules
START
•The position of the module
symbol indicates the point the Read Input.
module is executed.
•A separate flowchart can be Call calc_pay
function.
constructed for the module.
Display results.
END
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Combining Structures
• This flowchart segment
shows two decision NO YES
structures combined. x > min?
Display “x is NO YES
outside the limits.”
x < max?
Display “x is Display “x is
outside the limits.” within limits.”
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Review
• What do each of the following symbols
represent?
Input/Output
Operation Connector
Process Module
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Review
• Name the four flowchart structures.
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Review
• What type of structure is this?
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Review
• What type of structure is this?
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Review
• What type of structure is this?
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Review
• What type of structure is this?
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Examples ???
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