Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

6.13 Chapter Summary 355

CHAPTER SUMMARY

6.13 Summary

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Looping repeats a set of operations for each input item while a

condition is true.

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The while loop is especially useful for event-controlled looping.

The while loop executes a set of operations in the loop body as long

as the loop condition is true. Each execution of the loop body is an

iteration of the loop.

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If the loop condition evaluates to false the first time it is evaluated,

the body of the while loop is never executed.

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If the loop condition never evaluates to false, the result is an infi-

nite loop.

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In event-controlled looping, processing of items continues until

the end of input is signaled ...