Basic C Program All About Flowchart Part-5

 Flow Chart

What is a flowchart? How many types of flowcharts and what are they?

Ans: The method by which the program can be expressed with the help of images is called a flowchart.

There are basically two types of flowcharts.

1. System flowchart.

2. Program flowchart.

1. System flowchart: A flowchart that identifies the direction in which a system’s data flow is processed, stored, and displayed is called a system flowchart.

2. Program flowchart: The flowchart that is created when composing a program is called a program flowchart.

 

Rules for drawing a flowchart:

1. Draw a flowchart using certain symbols.

2. Flowchart flows should be shown from top to bottom or from left to right with arrow marks.

3. The writing inside each symbol must be straightforward.

4. The use of extra symbols should be avoided,

5.No specific programming language should be used.

Example: Flowchart for determining the sum of two numbers.

Example: Flowchart for finding the area of a triangle.

Example: Flowchart to find the largest number between two integers.

Example: Flowchart for conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit.

 

 

Example: Flowchart to find the largest number between three integers.