Control Flow

The control flow is the path of execution through a program.

Related concepts:  SequenceConditionalLoop

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Control flow — In computer science, control flow (or flow of control) is the order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated. The emphasis on explicit control flow distinguishes an imperative programming language from a declarative programming language. Within an imperative programming language, a control flow statement is a statement that results in a choice being made as to which of two or more paths to follow.

Misconceptions about Control Flow

31 documented Misconceptions

ConditionalIsSequence

If-else is equivalent to sequence of two ifs

DeferredReturn

A return statement in the middle of a function doesn't return immediately

IfIsLoop

The body of an if-statement executes repeatedly, as long as the condition holds

NoShortCircuit

and/or always evaluate both operands

OutsideInFunctionNesting

Nested function calls are invoked outside in

RecursiveFunctionNeedsIfElse

A recursive function needs to contain an if-else statement

RightToLeftChaining

Chained accesses are invoked from right to left