Java™ How to Program, Seventh Edition

5.3. for Repetition Statement

Section 5.2 presented the essentials of counter-controlled repetition. The while statement can be used to implement any counter-controlled loop. Java also provides the for repetition statement, which specifies the counter-controlled-repetition details in a single line of code. Figure 5.2 reimplements the application of Fig. 5.1 using for.

Figure 5.2. Counter-controlled repetition with the for repetition statement.

1 // Fig. 5.2: ForCounter.java 2 // Counter-controlled repetition with the for repetition statement. 3 4 public class ForCounter 5 { 6 public static void main( String args[] ) 7 { 8 // for statement header includes initialization, 9 // loop-continuation condition and increment 10 for ( int counter = ...