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.. _controlflow:

Control Flow
-------------

This section of the user guide introduces the more advanced features of the ``flytekit`` python SDK.
These examples touch more complex features of Flyte - like conditions, subworkflows, dynamic workflows, map tasks,
and recursion.



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    :alt: Conditions

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_conditions.py`

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Data passing between tasks or workflows need not necessarily happen through parameters. In such...">

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    :alt: Chain Flyte Entities

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_chain_entities.py`

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Subworkflows are similar to launch plans &lt;Launch plans&gt; since they allow users to kick off one ...">

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    :alt: SubWorkflows

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_subworkflows.py`

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="A workflow is typically static when the directed acyclic graph&#x27;s (DAG) structure is known at co...">

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    :alt: Dynamic Workflows

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_dynamics.py`

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    :alt: Map Tasks

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_map_task.py`

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    :alt: Intratask Checkpoints

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_checkpoint.py`

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  .. image:: /auto/core/control_flow/images/thumb/sphx_glr_merge_sort_thumb.png
    :alt: Implementing Merge Sort

  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_core_control_flow_merge_sort.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Implementing Merge Sort</div>
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   /auto/core/control_flow/conditions
   /auto/core/control_flow/chain_entities
   /auto/core/control_flow/subworkflows
   /auto/core/control_flow/dynamics
   /auto/core/control_flow/map_task
   /auto/core/control_flow/checkpoint
   /auto/core/control_flow/merge_sort


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      :download:`Download all examples in Python source code: control_flow_python.zip </auto/core/control_flow/control_flow_python.zip>`

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      :download:`Download all examples in Jupyter notebooks: control_flow_jupyter.zip </auto/core/control_flow/control_flow_jupyter.zip>`


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