for loop Comparison Table

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for loop comparison table

Subject have syntax have example have disadvantage has part is a kind of interchange with have advantage

loop statement control flow statement

for loop
for(initializer; condition; incrementer)
{
// statements to keep executing while condition is true
}
a is an array of some kind
. . .
int i;
int length = a.length;
for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
. . .
// do something to the i th element of a
. . .
}
it can be slightly harder to read the code of a for loop than a while loop initializer loop statement a while loop all the information about controlling the loop is kept in one place

Subject	have syntax	have example	have disadvantage	has part	is a kind of	interchange with	have advantage
loop statement					control flow statement
for loop	for(initializer; condition; incrementer) { // statements to keep executing while condition is true }	a is an array of some kind . . . int i; int length = a.length; for (i = 0; i < length; i++) { . . . // do something to the i th element of a . . . }	it can be slightly harder to read the code of a for loop than a while loop	initializer	loop statement	a while loop	all the information about controlling the loop is kept in one place

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