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Cpe 41 Lec - Flowchart

The document discusses flowcharts, including what they are, common symbols used, and examples of sequential, decision-making, and looping structures. It then provides 8 problems and asks to draw flowcharts for each one, showing the steps to input values, perform calculations, and output results.

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Cpe 41 Lec - Flowchart

The document discusses flowcharts, including what they are, common symbols used, and examples of sequential, decision-making, and looping structures. It then provides 8 problems and asks to draw flowcharts for each one, showing the steps to input values, perform calculations, and output results.

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FLOWCHART

ENGR. MARIFE K. VILLAREAL


LECTURER
Flow Charts

Why flowcharting?
Often the best way to understand a problem is to draw pictures. Pictures often provide us
with a more complete idea of the situation than a series of short word or phrases can.
However, pictures combined with text provide an extremely powerful tool for
communication and problem solving. Algorithms can be developed more quickly when a
flow chart is built to represent such an algorithm. Flowcharts need less effort to understand
then an algorithm.

What is a flowchart?
A flowchart is a graphical representation of the operations involved in a data processing
system.
 Symbols are used to represent particular operations or data
 Flow lines indicate the sequence of operations (Top to down sequence).

Terminal (Start or Stop of program flow)

Input / Output operation

Connector

Process to be performed

Decision / Comparison Operation


Note that one arrow goes in, two go out.

Yes

No
Sequential Structure Decision Making Structure Looping Structure
A series of processes that follow in A condition exists that may change the Often, we might wish to perform the
order. order or types of processes to be same set of processes a number of
followed. times, we can perform a loop and do the
For example, to wash your hair; same set of actions over and over until a
1. Wet hair For example, IF the light is red THEN I STOPPING condition occurs.
2. Apply shampoo will stop OTHERWISE I will go. Failure to provide a STOP condition will
3. Rinse cause the process to go into an
INFINITE LOOP

An example of a LOOP could be to


Drive Car
display the word 'SCHOOL' on the
screen 7 times.

Wet hair Light is No Go Print


Red? ‘School’

Yes Is No
Apply Shampoo Counter Add 1 to
Stop = 7? Counter

Yes
Rinse
Problem: Find the total of two Problem: Find the average of two
numbers. numbers.
Problem:
Explain what is happening in
this flowchart
 Problem: Input a mark. Print
'Fail' if it is less than 50,
otherwise print 'Pass'.
Assignment1:
For each of the problems below, draw a flow chart;
Answer also slide 5 and 6.
1.Input the length L and the breadth B, calculate and output the area of a
rectangle.
2.User inputs radius and flowchart calculates and shows the area of a circle
3.Print the number from 1 to 100 (Hint: use a counter & loop)
4.Enter 20 marks and print their average.
5.Ask a person for a number between 1 and 100, ask again if they give you a
number outside that range
6.Input 40 marks. Count and print how many marks are below 50.
7.Input M and print the square of M if it is between 1 and 10.
8.Input a mark. Calculate and output a student's grade;
80 < A <= 100
60 < B <= 80
40 < C <= 60
0 <= U <= 40

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