Thread: Loop and Fucntions

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    Loop and Fucntions

    Hi Mentors,

    I am total newb.

    Can please someday explain the difference between a function and loop, both are used so as not to write the same piece of code again and again.

    kind regards,
    Ankit Gupta
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    What is a function and what is a loop?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ankiit View Post
    Hi Mentors,

    I am total newb.

    Can please someday explain the difference between a function and loop, both are used so as not to write the same piece of code again and again.

    kind regards,
    Ankit Gupta
    Please see C Tutorials
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    Now, please, for the love of all things good and holy, think about what you're doing! Don't just run around willy-nilly, coding like a drunk two-year-old....
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewHunter View Post
    Please see C Tutorials
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    This comic diagrams a loop. Using the bathroom and partaking of the water fountain might be separate functions.
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