while loop in C

By:
Prof. Melwin D souza
HOD,
Department of computer Science and Engineering
MOODLAKATTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KUNDAPURA
 Loops in C program
• Loops are used to execute a set of statements repeatedly
• Statements executes until the condition is satisfied (true)

Three types of loops in C language

while loop
for loop
do …. while loop
 while loop
• while is an entry controlled loop, so condition is checked before
entering into the loop

Syntax :
while (expression)
{
statements;
}
First, The test expression/condition is evaluated.
If condition is true, statements in body of the loop gets executed.
 statements of the body will execute repeatedly till the test condition returns true.
The control will be transferred out of the loop when test condition returns false
 while loop
C program to display the name five times
without loop with while loop
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{ int main()
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printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh { Rajesh
printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh int i=0; Rajesh
Rajesh while (i<10) Rajesh
printf(“Rajesh\n”);
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printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh
Rajesh printf(“ Rajesh\n”);
printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh
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printf(“Rajesh\n”); i++; Rajesh
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printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh } Rajesh
printf(“Rajesh\n”); Rajesh } Rajesh
printf(“Rajesh\n”);
printf(“Rajesh\n”);
}
 Programming Examples

Example 1: write a c program to print the n natural numbers

#include <stdio.h>
Count=?, i=0
void main() count=5
{ Iteration 1: i=0, 0<5 => true
int count, i=0; i++ => 1
Iteration 2: i=1, 1<5 => true
Printf(“Enter the count\n”);
i++ => 2
Scanf(“%d”, &count); Iteration 3: i=2, 2<5 => true
Enter the count
while(i<count) 5 i++ => 3
{ 0 Iteration 4: i=3, 3<5 => true
1 i++ => 4
printf(“%d\n”, i); Iteration 5: i=4, 4<5 => true
2
i++; 3 i++ => 5
} 4 Iteration 6: i=5, 5<5 => false
}
Example 2: write a c program to print the n natural numbers

sum=0, i=1
#include <stdio.h> Iteration 1: i=1, 1<=5 => true
void main() sum=1,
i++ => 2
{ Iteration 2: i=2, 2<=5 => true
int sum=0, i=1; sum=3,
i++ => 3
while(i<=5) Iteration 3: i=3, 3<=5 => true
{ sum=6,
Sum=15 i++ => 4
sum=sum+i; Iteration 4: i=4, 4<=5 => true
sum=10
i++;
i++ => 5
} Iteration 5: i=5, 5<=5 => true
sum=15
printf(“\nSum=%d”,sum); i++ => 6
} Iteration 6: i=6, 6<=5 => false
Example 3: C program to reverse the digits of a given number
#include <stdio.h> digit=? rev=0, num=?
void main() Num=123
{
int digit,rev=0,num; Iteration 1: num=123, 123!=0 , => true
printf("Enter the number:\n"); digit=3
scanf("%d",&num); rev=3
while(num!=0) num=12
{ Iteration 2: num=12, 12!=0 => true
digit=num%10; digit=2
rev=rev*10+digit; rev=32
num=num/10; num=1
Iteration 3: num=1, 1!=0 => true
}
digit=1
printf("The reversed number is = %d\n”, rev);
rev=321
}
Enter the number num=0
123 Iteration 4: num=0, 0!=0 => false
The reversed number is = 321
Example 4: C program to check whether the number is palindrome or not
#include <stdio.h> digit=? rev=0, num=?
void main() num=121
{ origin=121
int digit,rev=0,num, origin; Iteration 1: num=121, 123!=0 , => true
printf("Enter the number:\n");
digit=1
scanf("%d",&num);
Enter the number rev=1
origin=num;
121 num=12
while(num!=0)
The number is palindrome Iteration 2: num=12, 12!=0 => true
{
digit=num%10; digit=2
rev=rev*10+digit; rev=12
num=num/10; num=1
} Iteration 3: num=1, 1!=0 => true
if (origin==rev) digit=1
printf("The number is a palindrome\n”); rev=121
Else num=0
printf("The number is not a palindrome\n”); Iteration 4: num=0, 0!=0 => false
}