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VASAVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)

IBRAHIMBAGH, HYDERABAD – 500 031


Department of Computer Science & Engineering

INNOVATION IN TEACHING

Course Name: Programming for Problem Solving Faculty Name: Dr. V. Sireesha
Topic Name: Flow Charts Year/Semester: I Semester

Innovative teaching aid / tool used: Raptor tool.

Description of the tool:


RAPTOR (Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered Reasoning) is a free visual
programming development environment tool based on flowcharts, which helps students to
visualize their algorithms. RAPTOR programs are created and executed by tracing the
execution through the flowchart. Students are more successful in drawing flowcharts and
creating algorithms using RAPTOR rather than using a traditional language.

Purpose: Usually students have to spend time struggling against the syntax of a specific
programming language when they learn programming concepts, which distracts themselves
from exploring the algorithm. If only flowchart is taught without programming, students
cannot execute their flowchart, making them unable to justify their algorithm. RAPTOR
solves the above difficulties by drawing flowcharts which can be executed. Therefore student
can learn programming visually and easily, without suffering from the tedious syntax.

Symbols in RAPTOR:

RAPTOR Program
Structure:
Tool usage in teaching:
A RAPTOR program consists of connected symbols that represent actions to be executed.
1. The arrows that connect the symbols determine the order in which the actions are
performed.
2. The execution of a RAPTOR program begins at the Start symbol and goes along the
arrows to execute the program.
3. The program stops executing when the End symbol is reached.

The typical computer program has three basic components:


• INPUT – get the data values that are needed to accomplish the task.
• PROCESSING – manipulate the data values to accomplish the task.
• OUTPUT – display (or save) the values which provide a solution to the task.

These three components have a direct correlation to RAPTOR instructions as shown in the
following table.
Purpose Symbol Name Description

input Allow the user to enter data. Each data


INPUT statement value is stored in a variable.

assignment Change the value of a variable using some


PROCESSING statement type of mathematical calculation.

procedure Execute a group of instructions defined in


call the named procedure. In some cases some
of the procedure arguments (i.e., variables)
PROCESSING will be changed by the procedure's
instructions.

output Display (or save to a file) the value of a


OUTPUT statement variable.
Problem: Finding the biggest number among two numbers

Flowchart to find the biggest number among two numbers

Reference:

https://raptor.martincarlisle.com/

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