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CSC103 – Programming Fundamentals

Repetition Statements (loops)


Lecture 11

Instructor
Mr. Rizwan Rashid

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Outline
• For Loop
• break and continue Statement
• Nested Loops

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for Loops
for (initial-action; loop-continuation-condition; int i;
action-after-each-iteration) { for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
// loop body; System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
Statement(s);
}

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Note
• The initial-action in a for loop can be a list of zero or more comma-
separated expressions.
• The action-after-each-iteration in a for loop can be a list of zero or more
comma-separated statements.
• Therefore, the following two for loops are correct. They are rarely used in
practice, however.
for (int i = 1; i < 100; System.out.println(i++));
for (int i = 0, j = 0; (i + j < 10); i++, j++) {
// Do something

}
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Note
• If the loop-continuation-condition in a for loop is omitted, it is implicitly
true.
• Thus the statement given below in (a), which is an infinite loop, is correct.
Nevertheless, it is better to use the equivalent loop in (b) to avoid
confusion:

for ( ; ; ) { Equivalent while (true) {


// Do something // Do something
} }
(a) (b)

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Caution
Adding a semicolon at the end of the for clause before the loop body is a
common mistake, as shown below:
Logic Error

for (int i=0; i<10; i++);


{
System.out.println("i is " + i);
}

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Caution, cont.
Similarly, the following loop is also wrong:
int i=0;
while (i < 10); Logic Error
{
System.out.println("i is " + i);
i++;
}
In the case of the do loop, the following semicolon is needed to end the
loop.
int i=0;
do {
System.out.println("i is " + i);
i++;
} while (i<10); Correct

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Which Loop to Use?
The three forms of loop statements, while, do-while, and for, are expressively equivalent;
that is, you can write a loop in any of these three forms. For example, a while loop in (a) in
the following figure can always be converted into the following for loop in (b):

while (loop-continuation-condition) { Equivalent for ( ; loop-continuation-condition; )


// Loop body // Loop body
} }
(a) (b)

A for loop in (a) in the following figure can generally be converted into the following while loop in (b) except
in certain special

for (initial-action; initial-action;


loop-continuation-condition; Equivalent while (loop-continuation-condition) {
action-after-each-iteration) { // Loop body;
// Loop body; action-after-each-iteration;
} }
(a) (b)
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Recommendations
Use the one that is most intuitive and comfortable for you.
• In general, a for loop may be used if the number of repetitions is known,
as, for example, when you need to print a message 100 times.
• A while loop may be used if the number of repetitions is not known, as in
the case of reading the numbers until the input is 0.
• A do-while loop can be used to replace a while loop if the loop body has
to be executed before testing the continuation condition.

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break
public class TestBreak {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int sum = 0;
int number = 0;

while (number < 20) {


number++;
sum += number;
if (sum >= 100)
break;
}

System.out.println("The number is " + number);


System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);
}
}

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continue
public class TestContinue {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int sum = 0;
int number = 0;

while (number < 20) {


number++;
if (number == 10 || number == 11)
continue;
sum += number;
}

System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);


}
}

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Nested Loops
Problem: Write a program that uses nested for loops to print a
multiplication table.

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