Hints and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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LAST UPDATE 2020-08-2

There are several functions/libraries available at the MAIN PAGE

Values

• REAL values with exponents (scientific notation)  on input are not supported

Variables

• CHAR variable type - not available - only STRING available
• 2D arrays - support is available (read, formatted print, assigning etc. )
  They are not directly available in Flowgorithm, e.g. A[10,20] must be represented by one dimensional array A[200] with own indexing

Control Structures

• SWITCH/CASE - not available
• DO - UNTIL - available as DO control structure
• GO TO - not available

Input

• Only one variable can be read by one input statement (whole array reading is not supported)
• Reading from a file is not supported
• File reading is not supported
• REAL values with exponents (scientific notation)  on input are not supported

Output

• Print more values on one row
  Output "result=" & value & "[%]"
  
• Make a newline:
  Output "result=" & value & another value & ToChar(13)
  ToChar converts integer -> char ; char=13  is a newline
• Output is generally SLOW
• Writing to a file is not supported, however, you can store console output to a file.

Libraries

• Libraries (users and systems) are not supported.
  However, several library functions extending Flowgorithm are available at the MAIN PAGE

Editing

• Generally, the editor supports the basic operations, including Cut & Paste operations.
  The change of the order of the functions and procedures is not supported.
  Flowgorithm keeps the names alphabetically ordered.
• No support of inclusion of some parts from other Flowgorithm programs, but can be done in the XML representation or Cut&Paste operations.