Flowchart - Advantages and Disadvantages

Some of the important advantages and disadvantages related to the Flowchart are given below:

Flowchart Advantages

• Flowcharts are easier to understand compare to Algorithms and Pseudo code.
• It helps us to understand Logic of given problem.
• It is very easy to draw flowchart in any word processing software like MS Word.
• Using only very few symbol, complex problem can be represented in flowchart.
• Software like RAPTOR can be used to check correctness of flowchart drawn in computers.
• Flowcharts are one of the good way of documenting programs.
• It helps us in debugging process. 

Flowchart Disadvantages

• Manual tracing is needed to check correctness of flowchart drawn on paper.
• Simple modification in problem logic may leads to complete redraw of flowchart.
• Showing many branches and looping in flowchart is difficult.
• In case of complex program/algorithm, flowchart becomes very complex and clumsy.
• Modification of flowchart is sometimes time consuming.

You may like to visit following top 10 Flowchart Examples:

• Flowchart to check positive number.

• Flowchart to check negative number.

• Flowchart to check Odd or Even number.

• Flowchart to display Good morning message based on given time.

• Flowchart to print A to Z.

• Flowchart to print 10, 9, ......, 1.
• Flowchart to Add two numbers.
• Flowchart to subtract two numbers.
• Flowchart to print Area of Square.
• Flowchart to print Area of Rectangle.
• Flowchart to print Area of Circle.
• Flowchart of Simple Interest

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