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C while and do...while Loop
In this tutorial, you will learn to create while and do...while loop in C programming
with the help of examples.
In programming, loops are used to repeat a block of code until a specified
condition is met.
C programming has three types of loops.
1. for loop
2. while loop
3. do..while loop.
In the previous tutorial, we learned about for loop. In this tutorial, we will learn
about |while| and do..while loop.
while loop
The syntax of the while} loop is:
while (testExpression) {
// the body of the loop
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* The process goes on until testExpression is evaluated to false.
* If testexpression is false, the loop terminates (ends),
To learn more about test expressions (when testExpression’ is evaluated to true and
false), check out relational (/c-programming/c-operators#relational) and logical
operators (/e-programming/c-operators#logical).
Flowchart of while loop
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Working of while loop
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while (i <= 5) ¢
printf("xd\n", i);
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return 0;
}
Output
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Here, we have initialized i) tol.
1,When i = ‘|, the test expression |i <= 5 is true, Hence, the body of the while
loop is executed. This prints 1 onthe screen and the value of i. is increased to
2.
2.Now, i = 2), the test expression i <= 5) is again true. The body of the while
loop is executed again. This prints 2) on the screen and the value of i) is
increased to 3).
3. This process goes on until i becomes 6. Then, the test expression i <= 5 will be
false and the loop terminates.
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The do..while loop is similar to the |while| loop with one important difference. The
body of do...while loop is executed at least once, Only then, the test expression is
evaluated.
The syntax of the ‘do...while loop is:
do {
// the body of the loop
while (test€xpression);
How do...while loop works?
* The body of ‘do. ..while| loop is executed once. Only then, the testExpression is
evaluated.
* If testExpression is true, the body of the loop is executed again and
testExpression is evaluated once more.
* This process goes on until testExpression| becomes false.
» If testexpression is false, the loop ends.
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Working of do..while loop
Example 2: do...while loop
// Program to add numbers until the user enters zero
#include
int main() {
double number, sum
// the body of the loop is executed at least once
do <
printf("enter a number: “)
scanf("%1f", &number);
sum += number ;
3
while(number != 0.0)
printf("Sum = %.21f", sum)
return 0;
}
Output
Enter a number: 1.5
Enter a number: 2.4
Enter a number: -3.4
Enter a number: 4.2
Enter a number: 0
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been executed.
do {
printf("Enter a number: ")
scanf("%1f", &number);
sum += number ;
}
while(number != 0.0);
So, if the first input is a non-zero number, that number is added to the sum) variable
and the loop continues to the next iteration. This process is repeated until the user
enters 0).
But if the first input is 0, there will be no second iteration of the loop and sum
becomes 0.0.
Outside the loop, we print the value of sum.
C break and continue (/c-programming/c-break-continue-statement)
(/e-programming/c-for-loop)
C for Loop
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