Types of Loop Control structure C++

Loops are basically certain conditions that repeats certain steps until the condition becomes false , i.e a loop will continue to go on until the condition is true as soon as it becomes false the loop will break .

TYPES OF LOOP IN C++

There are 3 types of loops :-

• for loop
• while loop
• do-while loop

Loop Control structure: FOR LOOP

This loop is also known as counter controlled loop ,i.e a counter is set that for how many times the loop shall run and after that the condition will become false and the loop will break,

Syntax:

for(start,condition , increment/decrement)

{

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}

start means from where to start off from i.e set the counter.

condition , here the condition is tested if its true then one can enter the loop else it wont.

increment/decrement here the counter is incremented or decremented according to the condition else how will the loop come to an end .

i.e if you wont increment or decrement the loop it will become an infinite loop

NOTE:

To come out of an infinite loop use ctrl+break+del

Lets see the example .

Output:

Loop Control structure: WHILE LOOP

This loop is also known as entry controlled loop because the condition is checked as the complier enters the loop . If the condition is true then it enters the loop and executes the steps else it just ignore the loop part and goes to the next part of the statement .

Syntax:

while(condition )

{

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// while body

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}

start means from where to start off from i.e set the counter.

condition , here the condition is tested if its true then one can enter the loop else it wont.

increment/decrement here the counter is incremented or decremented according to the condition else how will the loop come to an end .

i.e if you wont increment or decrement the loop it will become an infinite loop

Lets see the example .

Output:

Loop Control structure: DO-WHILE LOOP

This loop is also known as exit controlled loop because the condition is checked after the complier entered the loop . If the condition is true then it continue to run the loop and executes the steps . Here it enters the loop atleast once whether the condition comes out to be true or not , which was not the case with while or for loop.

Syntax:

do

{

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// do-while body

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} while (condition);

start means from where to start off from i.e set the counter.

condition , here the condition is tested if its true then one can enter the loop else it wont.

increment/decre-ment here the counter is incremented or decremented according to the condition else how will the loop come to an end .

i.e if you wont increment or decrement the loop it will become an infinite loop

Lets see the example .

Output:

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