Solution Modeling
with Flowgorithm
Visual Programming
Mario Simaremare, [Link]., [Link].
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Objectives
• The objective of this session is the following:
• students are familiar to the flowchart’s symbols.
• students are able to use Flowgorithm to draw solution.
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Outlines
1. Getting familiar to flowchart’s symbols.
2. Practicing using Flowgorithm.
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a flash back..
On our previous session…
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On Our Previous Session
• Problem is something that requires a solution.
• An algorithm is a set of precise step-by-step actions
to address a specific problem.
• Model is an abstraction of an activity or an artifact.
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Using Flowchart
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Instruction Execution
• Computer executes instructions one-by-one,
from top to bottom in a top-down fashion.
• The 1st instruction is going to be executed first
before the 2nd, the 3rd, and so on.
• The execution might be redirected to a specific instruction.
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Flowchart
• Flowchart is a visual way of writing down a solution
in a detailed step-by-step, top-down fashion.
• We will employ this practice throughout this course
to express our solution.
• Flowchart has a set of symbols to describe different actions.
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Basic Symbols
• The symbols presented here are based on the Flowgorithm.
• The meaning could be slightly more specific to the standard.
• We will learn the meaning of the following symbols:
• Declaration;
• Assignment;
• Input and Output;
• Control; and
• Comment.
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Symbols: Declaration
• Meaning:
This symbol is used to represent a declaration.
• For declaring a variable or an array.
• Variable is a storage that able to store a value.
• The value of a variable is modifiable.
• Array is a multivalued storage (we’ll learn about it later).
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Symbols: Assignment
• Meaning:
This symbol represents an assignment operation.
• Assignment is simply putting a value into a variable.
• The value’s type has to be compatible to the type of
the designated variable.
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Symbols: Input
• Meaning:
This symbol is used to represent a reading operation.
• It reads a value from the keyboard and stores the value
in a variable.
• On the side example:
• It reads a value from the keyboard and store the value
in variable radius.
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Symbols: Output
• Meaning:
This symbol is used to represent a printing operation.
• This operation prints the result of an expression.
• On the side example:
• It displays the concatenation of “The area is ” and
the value of variable area.
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Symbols: Control (If)
• Meaning:
This symbol is used to represent a branching.
• The flow is decided based on the outcome of
the conditional expression.
• Two possible outcomes: true or false.
• On the side example:
• The statement checks if the value of age
is larger than or equal to 21.
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Symbols: Comment
• Meaning:
This symbol is used to give a short note or comment.
• It is very useful to document a flow.
• Commenting a process is as a good practice.
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Flowgorithm in Action
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Problem
• There is a simple problem:
• I have three arbitrary number, say x, y, and z.
• How do I know which number is the smallest?
• Algorithm to solve it:
• Find the smallest of the first two numbers by
comparing them.
• The outcome of the first step is then compared to the third number.
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More Advanced Symbols
• There are some more other more advanced symbols.
• Some more advanced symbols, like:
• Breakpoint;
• For;
• Do;
• While; and
• Call;
• Don’t worry, we will learn them at a later time.
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To-dos
1. Understand the use and meaning of each symbol.
2. Try them, do some practices.
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References
Wassberg, J. (2020). Computer Programming for Absolute
Beginners. Packt.
Flowgorithm. [Link]
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Thank
you
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