Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner

Chapter 20 More about Flowcharts with Decision Control Structures

20.1 Introduction

By working through the previous chapters, you've become familiar with all the decision control structures. Since flowcharts are an ideal way to learn “Algorithmic Thinking” and to help you better understand specific control structures, this chapter is dedicated to teaching you how to convert a Python program to a flowchart, or a flowchart to a Python program.

20.2 Converting Python Programs to Flowcharts

To convert a Python program to its corresponding flowchart, you need to recall all the decision control structures and their corresponding flowchart fragments. They are all summarized here.

The single-alternative decision structure

The dual-alternative decision ...