Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

Summary

Section 5.2 Essentials of Counter-Controlled Iteration

• Counter-controlled iteration (p. 165) requires a control variable, the initial value of the control variable, the increment by which the control variable is modified each time through the loop (also known as each iteration of the loop) and the loop-continuation condition that determines whether looping should continue.

• You can declare a variable and initialize it in the same statement.

Section 5.3 for Iteration Statement

• The while statement can be used to implement any counter-controlled loop.

• The for statement (p. 166) specifies all the details of counter-controlled iteration in its header.

• When the for statement begins executing, its control variable is declared and initialized. ...