Loops in Java
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Loops
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It helps to repeat a
statement a certain number of times until the condition is satisfied.
Three
types of Loops
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for loop
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while loop
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do…while loop
for
loop
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When you know exactly how many times you want
to loop through a block of code, use the for loop instead of
a while loop:
Syntax
for (statement 1; statement 2; statement 3)
{
// code block to be executed
}
Statement
1 (initialization) is executed (one
time) before the execution of the code block.
Statement
2 defines the condition for
executing the code block.
Statement
3 (increment/decrement) is executed
(every time) after the code block has been executed.
Example 01:
The example below will print the numbers
0 to 4:
for (int i = 0; i
< 5; i++)
{
System.out.println(i);
}
Output:
0
1
2
3
4
Example 02:
package Looping_Stat;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class for_loop {
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Enter The Limit : ");
Scanner in =new Scanner(System.in);
int n=in.nextInt();
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
{
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}
Example 03:
package Looping_Stat;
public class nested_for {
public static void main(String args[]) {
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)//1<=5 2<=5
{
for(int j=1;j<=5;j++)
{
System.out.print("*");
}
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
while
loop
The while loop loops through
a block of code as long as a specified condition is true:
Syntax:
Initialization;
while (condition)
{
// code block to be executed
Increment/decrement;
}
Example 04:
In the example below, the code in the
loop will run, over and over again, as long as a variable (i) is less than 5:
int i = 0;
while (i < 5)
{
System.out.println(i);
i++;
}
Output:
0 1 2 3 4
Example 05:
package Looping_Stat;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class while_loop {
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Enter The Limit : ");
Scanner in =new Scanner(System.in);
int n=in.nextInt();
int i=1;
while(i<=n)
{
System.out.println(i);
i++;
}
}
}
do…while
loop
The do/while loop is a
variant of the while loop. This loop will execute the code block
once, before checking if the condition is true, then it will repeat the loop as
long as the condition is true.
Syntax
Initialization;
do
{
// code block to be executed
Increment/decrement;
}
while (condition);
Example 06:
int i = 0;
do {
System.out.println(i);
i++;
}
while (i < 5);
Output:
0
1
2
3
4
Example 07:
package Looping_Stat;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class do_while {
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Enter The Limit : ");
Scanner in =new Scanner(System.in);
int n=in.nextInt();
int i=2;
do {
System.out.println(i);
i=i+2;
}while (i<=n);
}
}
Enhanced for loop:
The enhanced style for can only cycle
through an array sequentially,
* from start to finish. It is also known as the
enhanced for loop.
* The enhanced for loop was introduced in Java
5 as a simpler way to
* iterate through all the elements of a Collection.
* It can also be used for arrays,
* as in the above example, but this is not the original purpose.
Example 08:
public static void main(String args[])
{
int numbers[]={10,20,30,40,50,60,70};
for(int n : numbers)
{
System.out.println(n);
}
}
}
Unconditional
Statements:
break – it temporarily terminates the program.
continue – skips the value
Example 09:
package Looping_Stat;
public class break_continue {
public static void main(String args[]) {
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
if(i==5)
continue;
System.out.println(i);
if(i==8)
break;
}
}
}
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