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ReeceL: /* Create the variables */

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-<sidebar>Sidebar: What Is a Macro?</sidebar>
+<sidebar>Sidebar: Flowcode Exercises:Ex1</sidebar>
 Macros are sections of code that are repeated a number of times within a program.<br />
 It is more efficient to use a macro than to create the code repeatedly every time it is needed.<br />

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 ===Add the LED===
-* Locate the 'Single LED' in the 'Outputs' toolbox in the [[Tools and Views#1) Icons Toolbar|Icons toolbar]].
+* Locate an LED such as the 'Single LED' or 'LED 5mm Panel' in the 'Outputs' toolbox in the [[Tools and Views#1) Icons Toolbar|Icons toolbar]].
 :* Hover over the image to the left of the 'Single LED' label, and click on the down-arrow that appears.
 :* Click on the 'Add to system panel' option to select it.

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 ==Create the variables==
 The program will use two variables, 'selection', to store the state of the switches used to select frequency, and 'delay', used to determine the frequency at which the LED flashes.
-:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]] which can be enabled from the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
+:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]], which is the recommended method and can be enabled from the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
 ::* Hover just to the left of the 'Variables' label, and click on the down arrow that appears.
 ::* Select 'Add new' and the 'Create a New Variable' dialogue box opens.

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 ==Create the variables==
 The program will use two variables, 'selection', to store the state of the switches used to select frequency, and 'delay', used to determine the frequency at which the LED flashes.
-:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]] in the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
+:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]] which can be enabled from the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
 ::* Hover just to the left of the 'Variables' label, and click on the down arrow that appears.
 ::* Select 'Add new' and the 'Create a New Variable' dialogue box opens.

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 ==Create the variables==
 The program will use two variables, 'selection', to store the state of the switches used to select frequency, and 'delay', used to determine the frequency at which the LED flashes.
-:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]] by enabling it from the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
+:* In the 'Edit' menu, select the 'Variables...' option (Edit > Variables...) to open the [[Variable Manager]] dialogue box, or use the [[Using the Project Explorer|Project Explorer]] in the 'View' menu (View > Project Explorer).
 ::* Hover just to the left of the 'Variables' label, and click on the down arrow that appears.
 ::* Select 'Add new' and the 'Create a New Variable' dialogue box opens.

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	The final flowchart is much more compact because it uses a macro. The flowchart that follows does the same job, without using a macro:		The final flowchart is much more compact because it uses a macro. The flowchart that follows does the same job, without using a macro:
	[[File:Exercise_Using_Macros_Complete_Flowchart.png\|1200px\|center]]		[[File:Exercise_Using_Macros_Complete_Flowchart.png\|1200px\|center]]
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−	~~To download the Flowcode program for this exercise, click on the following link [[File:xxx\|xxx]]~~