While loop in Java programming language

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Loops in Java

In Java, there are three types of loops:

for loop
while loop
do-while loop

While loop in Java programming language

While loop

Java while loop is used to execute statement (s) repeatedly until the particular condition is satisfied. Initially, the test expression is evaluated and if the outcome is true then, the statements inside the while loop(loop body) are executed. Whereas, when the test expression returns false, the flow of control comes out of the loop or exits from the while loop and goes to the next statements after while loop.

Declaration

The syntax of the while loop

while(Test_expression)
{//
//Body of loop
//statement(s)
}

Flow diagram for while loop

In the while loop, first test expression is evaluated. If it returns true, statements execute inside the while loop but if test expression returns false the flow of control skip the execution and goes out of the loop body.

Example

Program 1

class While_java{
public static void main(String args[]){
int x=0;
while(x<=10){

System.out.println("X is :"+x);
x++;
            }

        }
    }

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results:

x is :0
x is :1
x is :2
x is :3
x is :4
x is :5
x is :6
x is :7
x is :8
x is :9
x is :10

This is a very simple program for beginners print 1 to 10 natural number(Positive) using while loop in Java

In the above program

initially, x=0(already assigned) text expression x<=10 is true and display 0, then i is updated 1

Now, x=1, text expression x<=10 is true and display 1, then i is updated 2

then, x=2, text expression x<=10 is true and display 2, then i is updated 3

then, x=3, text expression x<=10 is true and display 3, then i is updated 4

then, x=4, text expression x<=10 is true and display 4, then i is updated 5

then, x=5, text expression x<=10 is true and display 5, then i is updated 6

then, x=6, text expression x<=10 is true and display 6, then i is updated 7

then, x=7, text expression x<=10 is true and display 7, then i is updated 8

then, x=8, text expression x<=10 is true and display 8, then i is updated 9

then, x=9, text expression x<=10 is true and display 9, then i is updated 10

then, x=10, text expression x<=10 is true and display 10, then i is updated 11

finally, x=11, text expression x<=10 is false and while loop terminated flow of control and skip from the loop

Program 2

To calculate the total value of 1 to 200 positive numbers

class While_tot{
public static void main(String args[]){
int i=1,sum=0;
while(i<=200){
    sum+=i;//equal to sum=sum+1

//calculate total of 1 to 200 positive numbers
i++;
            }
    System.out.println("Total value is :"+sum);

        }
    }

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results:

Total value is :20100

The infinitive while loop in Java

Never ending this while loop in Java

while(true) 
{
//Body of while loop 
//statement(s) 
}

Program 1

class While_java1{
public static void main(String args[]){
int i=10;
while(i>=1){//unmetered condition

System.out.println("i is :"+i);
i++;
            }

        }//this loop never end
    }

When the test expression always true, the loop is never end

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results:

i is : 1
i is : 2
i is : 3
i is : 4
i is : 5
..........
...........

The loop is never ending

press ctrl+c to stop

Never execute while loop

//the loop body never will be execute
while(false) {
//condition is always false
System.out.print("This will never display");
}

iterating an array element from the array using while loop

We can iterate and printing array element using for loop and while loop

Here, we display array element from single dimension array using while loop

Program 1

class While_array{
public static void main(String args[]){
int arr[]={45,65,78,94,46,35,62};// array declaration
int i=0;//i start in 0 for first array index

while(i<=6){
System.out.println("array length "+(i+1)+" :"+arr[i]);

i++;
            }

        }
    }

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results:

Array length 1 :45
Array length 2 :65
Array length 3 :78
Array length 4 :94
Array length 5 :46
Array length 6 :35
Array length 7 :62

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