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Reputation: 45

JAVA - using FOR, WHILE and DO WHILE loops to sum 1 through 100

As the title states, I have trouble understanding loops and have come up with a way to do a simple 1 through 100 sum, but like I said, the loops are causing me some confusion. I think I have the FOR Loop figured.

Here's what I've come up with.

int sum = 0; 
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) sum += i; 
System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 134443

Answers (3)

Total Anime Immersion
Total Anime Immersion

Reputation: 471

Well, a for or while loop differs from a do while loop. A do while executes the statements atleast once, even if the condition turns out to be false.

The for loop you specified is absolutely correct.

Although i will do all the loops for you once again.

int sum = 0;
// for loop

for (int i = 1; i<= 100; i++){
    sum = sum + i;
}
System.out.println(sum);

// while loop

sum = 0;
int j = 1;

while(j<=100){
    sum = sum + j;
    j++;
}

System.out.println(sum);

// do while loop

sum = 0;
j = 1;

do{
    sum = sum + j;
    j++;
}
while(j<=100);

System.out.println(sum);

In the last case condition j <= 100 is because, even if the condition of do while turns false, it will still execute once but that doesn't matter in this case as the condition turns true, so it continues to loop just like any other loop statement.

Upvotes: 2

Kumar Vivek Mitra
Kumar Vivek Mitra

Reputation: 33544

- First to me Iterating and Looping are 2 different things.

Eg: Increment a variable till 5 is Looping.

    int count = 0;

    for (int i=0 ; i<5 ; i++){

        count = count + 1;

   }

Eg: Iterate over the Array to print out its values, is about Iteration

    int[] arr = {5,10,15,20,25};

    for (int i=0 ; i<arr.length ; i++){

        System.out.println(arr[i]);

   }

Now about all the Loops:

- Its always better to use For-Loop when you know the exact nos of time you gonna Loop, and if you are not sure of it go for While-Loop. Yes out there many geniuses can say that it can be done gracefully with both of them and i don't deny with them...but these are few things which makes me execute my program flawlessly...

For Loop :

int sum = 0; 

for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {

  sum += i; 

}

 System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

The Difference between While and Do-While is as Follows :

- While is a Entry Control Loop, Condition is checked in the Beginning before entering the loop.

- Do-While is a Exit Control Loop, Atleast once the block is always executed then the Condition is checked.

While Loop :

int sum = 0; 
int i = 0;       // i is 0 Here

    while (i<100) {

      sum += i; 
      i++;

    }

  System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

do-While :

int sum = 0; 
int i = 0;      // i is 0 Here

    do{ 

      sum += i; 
       i++
    }while(i < 100; );

     System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

From Java 5 we also have For-Each Loop to iterate over the Collections, even its handy with Arrays.

ArrayList<String> arr = new ArrayList<String>();

arr.add("Vivek");
arr.add("Is");
arr.add("Good");
arr.add("Boy");

for (String str : arr){         // str represents the value in each index of arr

    System.out.println(str);     

 }

Upvotes: 7

Scott Tesler
Scott Tesler

Reputation: 39788

Your for loop looks good.

A possible while loop to accomplish the same thing:

int sum = 0;
int i = 1;
while (i <= 100) {
    sum += i;
    i++;
}
System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

A possible do while loop to accomplish the same thing:

int sum = 0;
int i = 1;
do {
    sum += i;
    i++;
} while (i <= 100);
System.out.println("The sum is " + sum);

The difference between the while and the do while is that, with the do while, at least one iteration is sure to occur.

Upvotes: 5

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