Overview

This chapter introduces loops and iteration control structures.

Chapter Outline

• Iteration Control Structures
• While Loop
• Do While Loop
• Flag Concept
• For Loop
• Branching Statements
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• Integer Overflow
• Nested Loops
• Loop Examples
• Code Examples
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Swift
• Practice: Loops

Learning Objectives

1. Understand key terms and definitions.
2. Identify control structures based on test before iteration, test after iteration, and counting, and when to use each type.
3. Given example pseudocode, flowcharts, and source code, create a program that uses loops and iteration control structures to solve a given problem.