======CNV0====== =====Background===== ====Determining factor pairs==== =====Compiling===== =====Loops===== ====for() loops==== for() loops are used to repeat a block of code a certain amount of times for() loops have a fixed format for(first; second; third){code block} The first expression is executed once at the start of the statement. The second expression must evaluate to a boolean and is evaluated before every loop. The third expression is executed after every loop. The following is an example of how a for() loop can be used for(int i = 10; i >= 0; i--){ fprintf(stdout, "T minus %d\n", i); } fprintf(stdout, "BLAST OFF!\n"); ====while() loops==== while() loops are used to repeat a block of code until a certain condition is no longer met The format for a while loop is as follows: while(expression){code block} The expression within parentheses will run every loop **before** the code block and is evaluated as a boolean The code block will run only if the expression within the parentheses evaluates to true signed int value = 7; while(value < 1000){ fprintf(stdout, "value is %d\n", value); value = value * 2 + 3; } The loop in this code runs 7 times, outputting 7, 17, 37, 77, 157, 317, and 637; stopping before printing 1277 while() loops are best used when the amount of times a block of code is intended to run is not explicit or simple to calculate ====do-while loops==== do-while loops are used to repeat a block of code until a certain condition is no longer met The only difference between a do-while loop and a while() loop is that the block of code in a do-while loop is run unconditionally initially The format of a do-while loop is as follows: do{code block} while(expression); The expression within parentheses will run every loop **after** the code block and is evaluated as a boolean The code block will run only again if the expression within the parentheses evaluates to true signed int value = 0; do{ fprintf(stdout, "value is %d\n", value); value = value * 2 + 3; } while(value > 0 && value < 1000); This code prints value if it is between 0 and 1000 exclusive. However, value is printed while it is 0 because it was before the while() condition