for loop?

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#1

I tried googling something about this topic, but couldn’t really phrase it properly.

I was staring at my code and started thinking about what does “for” in for loop stand for? I mean, it just doesn’t make any sense to me :smiley:

#2
#3

For each element in a set we do something.

#4 
for(int x = 0; x < 100; x++) { ... }

for an integer value x starting at 0, always smaller than 100, that increases in +1 per iteration, do stuff.

The for…each algorithm looks like this:

for(string value : collection){ ... }

Which means, for each string in the collection, do stuff.

#5

You can think of it as shorthand for a while loop, so:


for(initialization; conditional; step) {
    action;
}

is the same as


{
    initialization;
    while(conditional) {
        action;
        step;
    }
}

Obviously the for loop is more readable (especially for programmers) and more compact.

#6

I know that :open_mouth: Was just thinking what for actual ‘for’ stand for. Already found my answer.

#7

I wasn’t trying to imply that you didn’t know what a for loop did. I thought we were just posting our thoughts on the for loop.

#8

For either means Forever until or For every in;

Example

foreveruntil(x = 0; x < 5;x++); foreveryin(objecta:arrayb);

#9

Not foreveruntil but foreverwhile.