Draw a program flowchart to find the least number in a list of 100 numbers?

Answer 1

It's a bit difficult to show a flowchart using nothing but words, but here goes:

start

let list[] be 100 random values

let best be value of list[0]

let index be 1

repeat

is value of list[index] less than best?

YES: let best be value of list[index] {continue}

NO: {continue}

increment index

is index less than 100?

YES: {go to repeat}

NO: {continue}

print value of best

end

Previous answer:

start test number =100 count = count +1 list number =< test number if true testnumber = list number count = 100 goto end else start end

The previous answer assumes 100 to be largest number in the list. What happens when all of the numbers in the list happen to be greater than 100? Also, previous answer exits the loop prematurely as soon as any number equal or smaller than 100 is located. To locate the smallest number in a list, the entire list must be compared with the current best, which is initially taken to be the first number in the list.