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Ryan H.
Ryan H.

Reputation: 43

Is there a maximum number of nested loops you can have in Java?

I was just watching a video on YouTube about the history of loops in programming and it was mentioned that in FORTRAN there was a maximum number of nested loops the compiler would allow. Is there a codified limit for this with Java?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3042

Answers (2)

Pritam Banerjee
Pritam Banerjee

Reputation: 18933

There is no limit as such, however there is a limit to the size of a method.

This can be a good read.

Complexity is determined by the number of decision points in a method plus one for the method entry. The decision points are 'if', 'while', 'for', and 'case labels'. Generally, 1-4 is low complexity, 5-7 indicates moderate complexity, 8-10 is high complexity, and 11+ is very high complexity.

Also you can use this code to test your code.

Upvotes: 3

Jaime Aguilar
Jaime Aguilar

Reputation: 56

I'm confident that there is no limit on the amount of nested loop you can have in Java. However, Java does have a limit on the size of the methods in Java. A method in Java can be up to a maximum of 64KB. So, you can have as many nested loops as long as they are under the 64KB of memory.

Upvotes: 3

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