{"id":671,"date":"2015-03-10T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=671"},"modified":"2015-03-10T22:13:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T22:13:34","slug":"design-notations-also-applies-in-isdd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2015\/03\/10\/design-notations-also-applies-in-isdd\/","title":{"rendered":"Design notations  (also applies in ISDD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Pseudocode to exemplify programming constructs<\/li>\n<li>Graphical to illustrate selection and iteration<\/li>\n<li>Other contemporary design notations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Pseudocode<\/h2>\n<p>This is an informal <strong>text notation<\/strong> resembling a simplified programming language, it does not have a strict structure.\u00a0Pseudocode is used to exemplify programming constructs<\/p>\n<p>Example 1<\/p>\n<pre>1. set total to 0\r\n2. set count to 0\r\n3. While count less than 10\r\n4.    Get price from user\r\n5.    Add price to total\r\n6.    Add one to the count\r\n7. end while\r\n8. Display the average price\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Example 2<\/p>\n<pre>1. set total to 0\r\n2. for 10 items\r\n3.    get price from user\r\n4.    add price to total\r\n5. next item\r\n6. display total\/10<\/pre>\n<h2>Structure\u00a0Chart<\/h2>\n<p>A<strong> Graphical design notation<\/strong> that is used to show the structure of a program and how it&#8217;s various parts (modules) are organised and how data flows between them.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/uploads\/sites\/12638\/2015\/03\/320px-CPT-Structured_Chart_Example.svg1_.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"672\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2015\/03\/10\/design-notations-also-applies-in-isdd\/320px-cpt-structured_chart_example-svg1\/\" 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