Programming Logic and Design Fourth Edition, Introductory文档.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Using the Connector Flowchart connector symbol: Marks a logic transfer to another location in the flowchart Transfer location can be on the same page or on another page Onsymbol: a circle with a number or letter to identify the matching transfer location Offsymbol: a square with a pointed bottom, containing page number and a number of letter to identify the matching transfer location Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Using the Connector (continued) Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Assigning Values to Variables Assignment statement: Assigns a value to a variable Variable must appear on the left side, value on the right side of the assignment operator Right side may be an expression that will be evaluated before storing the value in the variable Assignment operator: the equal sign (=) in most languages Variable: Memory location: has an address and a value Value (contents) is used for various operations Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Understanding Data Types Two basic data types: Text Numeric Numeric data stored by numeric variables Text data stored by string, text, or character variables Constants: Values that do not change while the program is running Have identifiers, and can be used like variables for calculations, but cannot be assigned new values Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Understanding Data Types (continued) Some programming languages implement several numeric data types, such as: Integer: whole numbers only Floating-point: fractional numeric values with decimal points Character or string data is represented as characters enclosed in quotation marks “x”, “color” Data types must be used appropriately Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourth Edition * Understanding Data Types (continued) Programming Logic and Design, Introductory, Fourt