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 = ...

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