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LESSON 123 OF 348 · WHILE LOOPS & FOR LOOPS

Infinite for loops in Scala in Scala

Lesson

Remember the infinite while loop? Well, there is also such a thing called the infinite for loop.

Here is an example:

var i = 0
while (i < 10) {
    println(i)
    i -= 1
    i += 1 // i++ from the loop update
}

This is what happens during this loop:

0. Creates and initializes a variable i = 0

1. First iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) println(i) => Output: 0
	      2) i -= 1 => i becomes -1
  c. i += 1 => i becomes 0 again

2. Second iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) println(i) => Output: 0
	      2) i -= 1 => i becomes -1
  c. i += 1 => i becomes 0 again

3. Third iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) println(i) => Output: 0
	      2) i -= 1 => i becomes -1
  c. i += 1 => i becomes 0 again

...

This program will never terminate as i will always have value 0 and thus the condition i < 10 will always be satisfied.

The program would basically print 0 forever never exiting the for loop.


Assignment
Follow the Coding Tutorial and let's practice with infinite for loops!


Hint
Look at the examples above if you get stuck.


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