Thread: for loop

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    for loop

    I have the following line->
    for(j=30; j>0; j--)
    Can this be re-written as ->
    for(j=30; j; j--) ?

    I'm not game enough to try it because it is in the middle of a complex algorithm and I already have enough problems without trying something new But as I wrote it I just wondered
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    no - at least I dont think so. The middle part of the for loop tells the loop when to end, without a value I dont know what it would do

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    >>>
    I'm not game enough to try it because it is in the middle of a complex algorithm and I already have enough problems without trying something new But as I wrote it I just wondered
    <<<

    So write a simple test program and try it! You'll find you'll be doing that a lot.

    As a hint to the answer, the "middle" term is evaluated as a boolean expression, when an integer has the value zero it is FALSE...

    As a style point though, which is less likely to confuse? Moral, just because something is legal, doesn't mean it should be used.
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    well, depends what you want the program to do, the first one is:
    j=30, take away 1 from j as long as j is greater than 0.
    the second one would be:
    j=30, take away 1 from j as long as j is j.

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    Thanks for the replies.

    So write a simple test program and try it! You'll find you'll be doing that a lot.
    The reason I didn't do this is because (as I said before) I am right in the middle of a complex algorithm and didn't want to break my 'concentration', it will be something I will be testing when things slow down a bit around here
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