====== Decision Point ======
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A **Decision Point** is a place in a program where the execution flow through the program is controlled. As a general rule, **Decision Points** occur at the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:control_flow]] operations (i.e., **''IF / ELSE IF / ELSE / ENDIF''**, or **''FOR LOOPS  | WHILE LOOPS /''**, etc.). However, each part of the boolean expression in the Control Flow operation is on its own, a **Decision Point**. For example:

<Code cpp>
if ( A > 0 && A <=100 && B != A || B > 10000)
{ // Do somethiing
} // End if
else
{ // So something else
} // End else
</Code>

The **''A > 0''** is one possible path through the software, and is therefore a **Decision Point**. **''A <= 100''** is another **Decision Point**, and so and so forth. 

Source: [[https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra | Defined by DIDO RA ]]


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