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Looping: Instructor: Mr. Neil A. Basabe, MIT

Looping structures like while, for, and do-while loops allow code to be repeatedly executed. The while loop continuously executes as long as a boolean condition is true. The for loop is used when the number of iterations is known, and specifies the initialization, condition, and increment. The do-while loop checks the condition after running the block once. Nested loops contain inner and outer loops that do not overlap.

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Looping: Instructor: Mr. Neil A. Basabe, MIT

Looping structures like while, for, and do-while loops allow code to be repeatedly executed. The while loop continuously executes as long as a boolean condition is true. The for loop is used when the number of iterations is known, and specifies the initialization, condition, and increment. The do-while loop checks the condition after running the block once. Nested loops contain inner and outer loops that do not overlap.

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Looping

Instructor: Mr. Neil A. Basabe, MIT


while Loops
while loop
Executes a body of statements continually
As long as the Boolean expression that controls entry into the loop continues to be
true
Consists of:
The keyword while
Followed by a Boolean expression within parentheses
Followed by the body of the loop; can be a single statement or a block of
statements surrounded by curly braces
Definite loop (counted loop): programmer knows exact number of iterations
Indefinite loop: programmer cannot predict number of iterations
BankBalance application example using while loop
for Loop
• for loop
• Used when a definite number of loop iterations is required
• One convenient statement indicates:
• The starting value for the loop control variable
• The test condition that controls loop entry
• The expression that alters the loop control variable
• Unconventional for loops
• Initialization of more than one variable
• Place commas between separate statements
• Performance of more than one test using AND or OR operators
• Decrementing or performance of some other task
• Altering more than one value

• You can leave one or more portions of a for loop empty


• Two semicolons are still required as placeholders

• Use the same loop control variable in all three parts of a for statement

• To pause a program:
• Use the for loop that contains no body (do-nothing loop)
• for(x = 0; x < 100000; ++x);
• Or use the built-in sleep() method
do…while Loop
• do…while loop
• As a pretest loop:
• Checks the value of the
loop control variable
before loop body
• As a posttest loop
• Checks the value of the
loop control variable
• At the bottom of the loop
• After one repetition has
occurred
• Performs a task at least
one time
• You are never required to
use this type of loop
• Use curly braces to block
the statement
• Even with a single
statement
BankBalance application example using do while loop
Nested Loops
• Inner loop and outer loop
• An inner loop must be entirely contained in an outer loop
• Loops can never overlap
• To print three mailing labels for each of 20 customers:
• for(customer = 1; customer <= 20; ++customer)
• for(color = 1; color <= 3; ++color)
• outputLabel ();

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