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What are the differences between Do While and For loops in C?

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In short, a for loop declares an variable and assigns it a value, has an argument, and has an update. A while loop only has an argument.

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in C++, which is very close to C an example while loop is;

while(i<3) { do the following; }

a for loop is

for(int i=0; i<5; i++) { do the following; }

In a while loop, it will do 'do the following;' then check and see if the argument is still true (in this case is i<3). If the argument is not true then the while loop ends and will continue to execute the rest of the code

In a for loop, an integer is delcared and give a value ( int i which is equal to 0). It will then check the argument (i<5) if the argument it true will do 'do the following;' THEN do the update value (which is i++) then checks then repeats the process.

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