Are there any conventions for flowcharting that distinguish a switch from a if-else chain?

Question

I had to do a overview for a customer meeting, and they requested flow charts. It had never occurred to me that there was no switch symbol in any of the flow charting I've seen. I know functionally they are similar, but documentation should represent the code you've written or are planning too. Maybe I'm just being picky, but it seems like a common enough construct that it would have "representation."

Pete

Answer 1

The difference between a series of if's and a switch is irrelevant at the flow chart level. Both are a series of conditionals. If you want to document your code down to the if/switch level, just print out the code.