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The For Statement: Fordemo

The for statement provides a compact way to iterate over a range of values or collections through a loop. It has three main expressions - initialization, termination, and increment. The initialization runs once at the start, termination checks the loop condition, and increment runs after each iteration. There are two common forms - the general form uses these three expressions, while the enhanced form is designed for iterating over arrays and collections using a single variable to access each element in turn.

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The For Statement: Fordemo

The for statement provides a compact way to iterate over a range of values or collections through a loop. It has three main expressions - initialization, termination, and increment. The initialization runs once at the start, termination checks the loop condition, and increment runs after each iteration. There are two common forms - the general form uses these three expressions, while the enhanced form is designed for iterating over arrays and collections using a single variable to access each element in turn.

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The for Statement

The for statement provides a compact way to iterate over a range of values. Programmers often
refer to it as the "for loop" because of the way in which it repeatedly loops until a particular
condition is satisfied. The general form of the for statement can be expressed as follows:

for (initialization; termination;


increment) {
statement(s)
}

When using this version of the for statement, keep in mind that:

 The initialization expression initializes the loop; it's executed once, as the loop begins.
 When the termination expression evaluates to false, the loop terminates.
 The increment expression is invoked after each iteration through the loop; it is perfectly
acceptable for this expression to increment or decrement a value.

The following program, ForDemo, uses the general form of the for statement to print the
numbers 1 through 10 to standard output:

class ForDemo {
public static void main(String[] args){
for(int i=1; i<11; i++){
System.out.println("Count is: " + i);
}
}
}

The output of this program is:

Count is: 1
Count is: 2
Count is: 3
Count is: 4
Count is: 5
Count is: 6
Count is: 7
Count is: 8
Count is: 9
Count is: 10

Notice how the code declares a variable within the initialization expression. The scope of this
variable extends from its declaration to the end of the block governed by the for statement, so it
can be used in the termination and increment expressions as well. If the variable that controls a
for statement is not needed outside of the loop, it's best to declare the variable in the
initialization expression. The names i, j, and k are often used to control for loops; declaring
them within the initialization expression limits their life span and reduces errors.
The three expressions of the for loop are optional; an infinite loop can be created as follows:

// infinite loop
for ( ; ; ) {

// your code goes here


}

The for statement also has another form designed for iteration through Collections and arrays
This form is sometimes referred to as the enhanced for statement, and can be used to make your
loops more compact and easy to read. To demonstrate, consider the following array, which holds
the numbers 1 through 10:

int[] numbers = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};

The following program, EnhancedForDemo, uses the enhanced for to loop through the array:

class EnhancedForDemo {
public static void main(String[] args){
int[] numbers =
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
for (int item : numbers) {
System.out.println("Count is: " + item);
}
}
}

In this example, the variable item holds the current value from the numbers array. The output
from this program is the same as before:

Count is: 1
Count is: 2
Count is: 3
Count is: 4
Count is: 5
Count is: 6
Count is: 7
Count is: 8
Count is: 9
Count is: 10

We recommend using this form of the for statement instead of the general form whenever
possible.

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