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for loop
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for loop	can be interchanged with a while loop
	has advantage all the information about controlling the loop is kept in one place
	has disadvantage it can be slightly harder to read the code of a for loop than a while loop
	has form for(initializer; condition; incrementer) { // statements to keep executing while condition is true }
	has part incrementer
	has part initializer
	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is a kind of loop
loop	has identical syntax in Java, C and C++
statement	should be not more than one line long if possible