Looping Statement
K.A.Sheik Fareed
Assistant Professor of IT
Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College
Uthamapalayam-625533
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Looping Statements
Looping statements allow us to execute a
statement multiple times
Often they are referred to as loops
Like conditional statements, they are
controlled by boolean expressions
Looping Statements
Java has three kinds of repetition
statements:
the while loop
the do loop
the for loop
The programmer should choose the
right kind of loop for the situation
The while Statement syntax
A while statement has the following
syntax:
while ( condition )
{
statements;
}
If the condition is true, the statement is executed
Then the condition is evaluated again, and if it is still true, the
statement is executed again
The statement is executed repeatedly until the condition
becomes false
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Logic of a while Loop
condition
evaluated
true false
statement
Example 1:
An example of a while statement:
int count = 1;
while (count <= 3)
{
System.out.println (count);
count++;
}
Example 2
An example of a while statement:
int count = 1;
while (count < 2)
{
System.out.println (count);
count++;
}
Example 3
An example of a while statement:
int count = 7;
while (count < 7)
{
System.out.println (count);
count++;
}
The do Statement
A do statement has the following syntax:
do{
statement;
}
while ( condition )
The statement is executed once initially, and then the
condition is evaluated
The statement is executed repeatedly until the condition
becomes false
Logic of a do Loop
statement
true
condition
evaluated
false
The do Statement
An example of a do loop:
int count = 0;
do
{
count++;
System.out.println (count);
}
while (count < 3);
The do Statement
An example of a do loop:
int count = 100;
do
{
count++;
System.out.println (count);
}
while (count < 3);
The body of a do loop executes at least once
Comparing while and do
The while Loop The do Loop
statement
condition
evaluated
true
condition
true false
evaluated
statement
false
The for Statement
A for statement has the following syntax:
The initialization The statement is
is executed once executed until the
before the loop begins condition becomes false
for ( initialization ; condition ; update ){
statements;
}
The increment portion is
executed at the end of each
iteration
Logic of a for loop
initialization
condition
evaluated
true false
statements
update
The for Statement
A for loop is functionally equivalent to the
following while loop structure:
initialization;
while ( condition )
{
statement;
update;
}
The for Statement
An example of a for loop:
for (int count=1; count <= 3; count++)
{
System.out.println (count);
}
The initialization section can be used to declare a variable
Like a while loop, the condition of a for loop is tested prior
to executing the loop body
Therefore, the body of a for loop will execute zero or more
times
The for Statement
Each expression in the header of a for
loop is optional
If the initialization is left out, no
initialization is performed
If the condition is left out, it is always
considered to be true, and therefore
creates an infinite loop
If the increment is left out, no increment
operation is performed
Java/Loops.For1.java
For2.java, For3.java, For4.java,
