Loops are used in programming to execute a block of code repeatedly until a specified condition is met. In C programming, there are three loops: For Loop, While Loop, and Do While Loop.
While loop in loops
Let us first learn about our first loop which is the While Loop. A while loop in C programming repeatedly executes a target statement as long as a given condition is true. In While Loop, the condition is evaluated before processing the loop’s body.
Syntax
While(condition)
{
statement 1;
statement 2;
}
Here is our first program that uses a while loop.
Program
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i=0;
while(i<5)
{
printf(“Simi\n”);
i++;
}
return 0;
}
Output
Simi
Simi
Simi
Simi
Simi
Execution flow in while loops
when i=0 then the condition is true and prints Simi. In the next line i++, i is incremented to 1, and now i=1. Then again the condition is true and prints Simi. Again i=2 and prints Simi. It continues till i=4 and Simi is printed 5 times that is 0 to 4 times.
Infinite while loops
while(1)
{
statements;
}
In C programming whenever you write a non-zero value such as 1 or any non-zero value, it is considered true and 0 is considered false. In this loop, the statements will execute forever.
&
include<stdbool.h>
while(true)
{
statements;
}
In this while loop, the statements will execute forever. Although we are going to study break statements which help to break any loop.
Note
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i=0;
while(i<5);
{
printf(“Simi\n”);
i++;
}
return 0;
}
The semicolon after a while means an empty statement. It is actually {} which is an infinite loop so if mistakenly you write a semicolon after a while then the loop will execute forever. So keep an eye on this. If you want your loop to be executed forever then you can put a semicolon after a while.
For loop in loops
The for loop in C language is used to iterate the statements or a part of the program several times. The reason they are called for loops is that you can tell your app how many times you want it to repeat the code. You can think about for loops as telling your app, “repeat this, 17 times”.
Syntax
for (init; condition; increment)
{
statements;
}
Statement 1 sets a variable before the loop starts (int i = 0). Statement 2 defines the condition for the loop to run (i must be less than 3). If the condition is true, the loop will start over again, if it is false, the loop will end.
Flow Diagram
Program
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
for (i=0; i<3; i++)
{
printf(“Simi\n”);
}
return 0;
}
Execution flow in for loops
when i=0 then the condition is true and prints Simi. i++, i is incremented to 1, and now i=1. Then again the condition is true and prints Simi. Again i=2 and prints Simi. It continues till i=3 and the condition is false.
Output
Simi
Simi
Simi
Simi
Do while loop is explained in the next article. Click Here!
Reference of loops
http://www.freebookcentre.net/Language/Free-C-Books-Download.html
Conclusion of loops
Try to understand, you will get it easily although you can read the explanation for more clarification and stay tuned for the upcoming blogs.
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