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Introduction to

Programming
Computer Science
Lesson 4
Unit 8.2
Objectives

• Understand what Iteration means

• Realise the importance of Iteration

• Understand and write While Loops & Do While Loops


What is a Iteration?
Iteration means to repeat something again and again and again
……..

Sometimes you might want to repeat a section of your program:

- a fixed number of times

- until something happens

- while a particular condition exists

- forever!

In programming, these are called loops


Why is Iteration important?
Iteration or Loops are important as they allow you repeat a bit of

Code as many times as you like, for instance;

- Print the word “Hello” a Million times

- Count the score in a computer game

- Perform repeated complex calculations on a NASA Rocket

There are 3 types of Loops, we will start by looking at the first two:

- While Loops

- Do While Loops

- For Loops
While Loops
While Loops are controlled by a condition, the condition decides how many time it will loop!

Teacher jumps = 0

While (Teacher jumps < 5) The condition is in red and bold.


The number of times the teacher has jumped = 0
{

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While Loops
While Loops are controlled by a condition, the condition decides how many time it will loop!

Teacher jumps = 0

While (Teacher jumps < 5) The condition is in red and bold.


When will the teacher stop jumping?
{

Teacher jumps

Teacher jumps = Teacher jump +1 What is this instruction doing?


}
While Loops Example 1
While Loops are controlled by a condition, the condition decides how many time it will loop!

Teacher jumps = 0

While (Teacher jumps > 5) What would happen in this Loop?


How many times will the teacher Jump?
{

Teacher jumps

Teacher jumps = Teacher jump +1

}
While Loops Example 2
While Loops are controlled by a condition, the condition decides how many time it will loop!

Laps = 0
What is happing in this While loop?
Score = 0
- What is the condition, when will the
While ( Laps < 50)
race stop?
{
- What happens to the Score on each
Continue Racing loop?
Score = Score +1 - What happens to the Laps on each
Laps = Laps +1 loop?

}
Do While Loops
Do While Loops are controlled by a condition, the condition decides how many time it will loop!

Teacher jumps = 0

Do Do While Loops are exactly the


same as while loops except the
{ condition is at the end. What
difference does that make?
Teacher jumps

Teacher jumps = Teacher jump +1

}
The condition has moved here!
While (Teacher jumps < 5)
Reminder of Operators
Operators also allow
you to compare data
in programming,
which will also let
your program make
decisions.
Exercise 1

Open Worksheet 1 on Firefly and complete Task 1


What did we learn today?
What are iterations

Understand the purpose of loops/iterations

Understand the structure of a While loop & Do while loops

Create while loops and Do while loops with different conditions

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