Visual Basic Programming question... REALLY EASY...

[Cuda1447]

Ok, so I decided to take a VB programming class for kicks, just to see if I liked it. Its an online class so I don't have any interaction with the professor. My question is what exactly is a flowchart? The reason why I don't know is that there was a prereq to this class that I didn't take (Intro to programming). I figured I'd be able to pick up things fairly easily.


What I need to do is this: Using Word or Visio, flowchart the code in figure 3 on page VB3. Be sure to include your name, assignment name, and date at the top of the document. Save the file with a name of asgn-0flow.


I tried checking in my book but it doesn't exactly explain what a flowchart is, so if someone could explain to me real quick I'd be very appreciative.

 

[KLin]

a flowchart would be more or less a process of steps laid out in graphical form. Say like, what are the steps to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, lay out the steps on how to achieve the sandwich. That's a flowchart in a nutshell.

 

[johnjbruin]

http://images.google.com/images?q=flowchart&ie=UTF-8&hl=en

 

[johnjbruin]

a nice reference:

http://www.megnut.com/images/iraq_war_flow.jpg

 

[cronos]

a diagram of process flow

 

[gentobu]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin
a nice reference:

http://www.megnut.com/images/iraq_war_flow.jpg

LOL😀

 

[Cuda1447]

So, is there some easy way to create a flowchart in word that Im missing? The example in the book looks like this...



input 'Enter name' ; names$
input 'enter hours worked'; hours
input 'enter pay rate' ;rate
grosspay = hours * rate
federaltax = .2 *grosspay
socsectax = .07 *grossPay
statetax = .06 *grosspay
netpay = grosspay- federaltax - socsectax - statetax
printnames$, netPay
end




So if someone wouldn't mind, could you explain how I would create a flowchart of something like that using Word?

 

[notfred]

Flowcharts and VB aren't related at all. Not any more than diagrams are related to chemistry, anyway.

 

[Ameesh]

you are such a llama!

 

[gentobu]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
So, is there some easy way to create a flowchart in word that Im missing? The example in the book looks like this...



input 'Enter name' ; names$
input 'enter hours worked'; hours
input 'enter pay rate' ;rate
grosspay = hours * rate
federaltax = .2 *grosspay
socsectax = .07 *grossPay
statetax = .06 *grosspay
netpay = grosspay- federaltax - socsectax - statetax
printnames$, netPay
end




So if someone wouldn't mind, could you explain how I would create a flowchart of something like that using Word?

I guess you could use auto shapes and arrow connectors. It looks like the flow chart would just go like this:

Enter name -> Enter hours worked -> enter pay-> calculate pay -> print netpay.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: gentobu

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
So, is there some easy way to create a flowchart in word that Im missing? The example in the book looks like this...



input 'Enter name' ; names$
input 'enter hours worked'; hours
input 'enter pay rate' ;rate
grosspay = hours * rate
federaltax = .2 *grosspay
socsectax = .07 *grossPay
statetax = .06 *grosspay
netpay = grosspay- federaltax - socsectax - statetax
printnames$, netPay
end




So if someone wouldn't mind, could you explain how I would create a flowchart of something like that using Word?

I guess you could use auto shapes and arrow connectors. It looks like the flow chart would just go like this:

Enter name -> Enter hours worked -> enter pay-> calculate pay -> print netpay.

Thats what I figured, thanks for confirming it for me though man.