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Post subject: Loops In C Language Post
Most real programs contain some construct that loops within the program, performing repetitive actions on a stream of data or a region of memory. There are several ways to loop in C. Two of the most common are the while loop:

while (expression)
{
...block of statements to execute...
}

and the for loop:

for (expression_1; expression_2; expression_3)
{
...block of statements to execute...
}

The while loop continues to loop until the conditional expression becomes false. The condition is tested upon entering the loop. Any logical construction (see below for a list) can be used in this context.

The for loop is a special case, and is equivalent to the following while loop:

expression_1;

while (expression_2)
{
...block of statements...

expression_3;
}

For instance, the following structure is often encountered:

i = initial_i;

while (i <= i_max)
{
...block of statements...

i = i + i_increment;
}

This structure may be rewritten in the easier syntax of the for loop as:

for (i = initial_i; i <= i_max; i = i + i_increment)
{
...block of statements...
}

Infinite loops are possible (e.g. for(;;)), but not too good for your computer budget! C permits you to write an infinite loop, and provides the break statement to ``breakout '' of the loop. For example, consider the following (admittedly not-so-clean) re-write of the previous loop:

angle_degree = 0;

for ( ; ; )
{
...block of statements...

angle_degree = angle_degree + 10;
if (angle_degree == 360) break;
}

The conditional if simply asks whether angle_degree is equal to 360 or not; if yes, the loop is stopped.

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