What is LOOP
Loops in JAVA are used to automate some particular task which is repeated for no.s of times.
Suppose that, you’re creating a program that print the fist five natural number its very easy to just write print statement five time,
BUT
What if you want to print the first 1000 natural number .
Its not feasible to just write 1000 lines of code which just do similar task here you will use a loop to automate the task
That will also reduces the line of code and increase readbility.
Java provides different types of loops,
Here we will see about For loop
and For-each loop
, with reference to a few examples and Java programs.
1️⃣.FOR LOOP
It is used to iterate a part of the program several times if the number of iteration is fixed.
SYNTAX:-
for (initialization;condition;updation)
{
// body of the loop;
}
-
Initialization
is used to initialize a variable that keeps track of how many times the loop has executed. -
Condition
is a boolean expression whose condition is either true or false- If its true then executes the body of the loop.
- If its false then its exit the loop.
-
Body of the loop
Its the main code which needs to be repeated written inside the curly bracket which is called block of loop. -
Updation
is executed after the body of the loop and updates the initialization variable.
FLOWCHART:-
EXAMPLE 1:-
You need to print the first 10000 natural nos
class For{
public static void main (String[]args){
for(Int i =1;i<=10000;i++){
System.out.print(i);
}
}
}
OUTPUT:
1
2
3
4
5
...so on
EXAMPLE 2:-
You are given the Array of students mark you need to find the maximum mark obtained using for loop
class Foreg
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] marks = { 400, 790, 600, 895 ,790 ,450, 670, 200,890 };
int max=-1;
// for each loop
for (int i=0;i<marks.length();i++)
{
if (marks[i] > max)
{
max = marks[i];
}
}
System.out.println("The Maximum mark is: " + max) ;
}
}
OUTPUT:
The Maximum marks is: 895
2️⃣.FOR EACH LOOP
- Java for-each loop or enhanced for loop introduced in Java 5.
- Its more simpler way to iterate through the elements of a collection or array.
- Its used when we dont need know the index of the current array and its iterate through the elements in sequentail order
Note:
SYNTAX:-
for (dataType item : collection obj/array) {
// Body of the loop
}
-
DataType
is the type of data our item uses. -
Item
is a variable which stores each value of the Collection as we iterate through the loop. -
Collection
is an array or collection variable through which the for loop will iterate.
HOW ITS WORK:-
- WE declare the
variable(item)
which is of same type as the base type ofarray/collection
, followed by acolon
, which is then followed by thearray/collection name
. - Now we use the our item variable instead of indexed variable of array to loop traverses the array until the last element one by one in increasing order.
- It stores each item in the item variable, then executes the code stored within the loop body.
FLOWCHART:-
ADVANTAGE:-
- It makes the code more readable.
- It reduces the possibilty of bug.
DRAWBACK:-
- You cant modify the array element because the object/variable is immutable when enhanced for loop is used.
- It can only move single steps forward.
- Do not keep track of index. So we can not obtain array index using For-Each loop
- It cant traverse in the reverse order
EXAMPLE 1:-
You are given the Array of students mark you need to find the maximum mark obtained by using Enhanced For Loop
class ForEacheg
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
int[] marks = { 400, 790, 600, 895 ,790 ,450, 670, 200,890 };
int max=-1;
// for each loop
for (int num : marks)
{
if (num > max)
{
max = num;
}
}
System.out.println("The Maximum mark is: " + max);
}
}
OUTPUT:
The Maximum marks is: 895
EXAMPLE 2:-
You are need to print the all the menu item of coffee shop stored in the ArrayList
public class ForEach_Collection {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList<String> menu = new ArrayList<String>();
menu.add("Cafe latte");
menu.add("Cold Coffee");
menu.add("Cappuccino");
menu.add("Espresso")
menu.add("Macchiato")
// for-each loop
for (String item : menu) {
System.out.println(item);
}
}
}
OUTPUT
Cafe latte
Cold Coffee
Cappuccino
Espresso
Macchiato
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