4 Controlling the Flow
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:
- How to use the
If
statement - How to use
Select Case
- How to use
For
loops andDo
loops
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In Chapter 3, you learned about algorithms and their role in programming. In this chapter, you will look at how you can control the flow through your algorithms so that you can make decisions like “If X is the case, go and do A; otherwise do B.” This ability to make decisions is known as branching
. You’ll also see how you can repeat a section of code (a process known as looping
) a specified number of times, or while a certain condition applies.
MAKING DECISIONS
Algorithms often include decisions. It’s this decision-making ability that makes computers do what they do so well. When you’re writing code, you make two kinds of decisions. The first kind is used to find out what part of an algorithm you’re currently working on or to cope with problems. For example, imagine that you have a list of 10 people and need to write a piece of code to send an email to each of them. To do this, after sending each email, you ask, “Have I finished?” If so, you quit the algorithm; otherwise, you get the next person in the list. As another example, you might need to open a file, ...
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