The for Loop in C

The for Loop in C

The for statement is a C programming construct that executes a block of one or more statements a certain number of times. It is sometimes called the for loop because program execution typically loops through the statement more than once. You’ve seen a few for statements used in programming examples earlier in this book. Now you’re ready to see how the for statement works.

Structure for loop in C

initial, condition, and increment are all C expressions, and statement is a single or compound C statement. When a for statement is encountered during program execution, the following events occur:

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for loop syntex in C

initial is any valid C expression. It is usually an assignment statement that sets a variable to a particular value. condition is any valid C expression. It is usually a relational expression.

//Syntex
for ( initial; condition; increment )
      statement;

Example for loop-1

/* Prints the value of x as it counts from 0 to 9 */
 int x;
 for (x = 0; x <10; x++)
  printf( “\nThe value of x is %d”, x );

Example for loop -2

/*Obtains values from the user until 99 is entered */
 int nbr = 0;
 for ( ; nbr != 99; )
    scanf( “%d”, &nbr );

Example for loop – 3

/* Lets user enter up to 10 integer values */
   /* Values are stored in an array named value. If 99 is */
    /* entered, the loop stops*/

    int value[10];
    int ctr,nbr=0;
    for (ctr = 0;ctr < 10 && nbr != 99; ctr++) {
      puts(“Enter a number, 99 to quit “);
      scanf(“%d”, &nbr);
      value[ctr] = nbr;
    }

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