[OT] Tool to convert src code to flowchart

[Stefan A. Deutscher]

On Fri, Apr , 2004 at 12:09:09PM -0600, Danny MacMillan wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:30:35 -0500 (CDT), Pranav A. Desai 
> <pdesai1 at cs.uh.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Hi!
> >   I need it for C. The chart can be ascii.
> >E.g.
> >main.c
> >------
> >main(){
> > A();
> > B();
> >}
> >A.c
> >---
> >A() {
> > C();
> >}
> >will be:
> >main -> A
> >     |  |-> C
> >     |
> >     -> B
> >etc.
> 
> I believe that's called a call graph.  A flowchart is something else 
> entirely.

Provided your code actually compiles and runs, you can also compile it
with profiling support enabled (see man gcc) and run gprof on it. That
gives you not only the call graph but also the time you spend in each
routine etc.

Cheers, Stefan

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