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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

– What is the importance of creating a flowchart before moving to the program coding?

– How is flowchart different from pseudocodes or decision tables?

– What will happen if a neophyte programmer will mismatch the shapes and symbols?

• graphical or symbolic representation of a process.

• each step in the process is represented by a different symbol and contains a short description of the process step.

• linked together with arrows showing the process flow direction.

FLOWCHART

DIFFERENCE

FLOWCHART PSEUDOCODESis a symbolic

representation of code, using box,

shapes and arrows.

Is a sentence-like representation of a

piece of code.

READ name, hourly rate, hours worked, deductionsCalculate: Gross pay=hourly rate times hours workedCalculate: Net Pay= Gross pay minus deductionsWRITE name, Gross pay, Net pay

READ name, hourly rate, hours worked, deductionsCalculate: Gross pay=hourly rate times hours workedCalculate: Net Pay= Gross pay minus deductionsWRITE name, Gross pay, Net pay

PSEUDOCODEPSEUDOCODE

• SYSTEM FLOWCHART-broad flow of work, documents and

operations.

• PROGRAM FLOWCHART- solution to a given problem for

which the program is written.

TYPES

ANSI STANDARD FLOWCHART SYMBOLS

FLOWCHART SYMBOLS

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REFLECTION

• Where can you usually find or see a flowchart?

• What is the use of flowchart in those places?

ASSIGNMENT

Write in your noteboook the definition of Sequence Control Structure and give at least one sample flowchart for the said structure.