Section 5.3 for Repetition Statement

• The while statement can be used to implement any counter-controlled loop.

• The for statement (p. 155) specifies all the details of counter-controlled repetition in its header

• When the for statement begins executing, its control variable is declared and initialized. If the loop-continuation condition is initially true, the body executes. After executing the loop’s body, the increment expression executes. Then the loop-continuation test is performed again to determine whether the program should continue with the next iteration of the loop.

• The general format of the for statement is

for (initialization; loopContinuationCondition; increment)   statement

where the initialization expression names the loop’s ...

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