Thread: changing a for loop to a while loop

  1. 11-11-2002 #1
    belfour
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    changing a for loop to a while loop

    need to change this to a while loop help plz

    for (x=1; x < 100; x++)
    sum=sum +x;
  2. 11-11-2002 #2
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    Code:
    x = 100;
while (--x) sum+=x;
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  3. 11-11-2002 #3
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    Code:
    x = 1;
while (x < 100)
  {
     sum += x;
     x++;
}
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    Originally posted by Mister C
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    Code:
    x = 1;
while (x < 100)
  {
     sum += x;
     x++;
}
    Thats a better version
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