Looping doubt

[abin joy]

code
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case 0:
{

for (int x=10;x>5;x++)

if(x>10000000)

x=10;

break;

}
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code

In the above given code why we have omitted the braces for the for loop even though a block of statements were there.How will the execution flow happen in this case?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

please tell me what you get,the time of execution ?

[Henry Wong]

In the above given code why we have omitted the braces for the for loop even though a block of statements were there.How will the execution flow happen in this case?

The "braces" are not required for the "for" loop. By default, the loop will execute the next line only. The braces are only necessary if you want to execute more than one line.

Henry

[Rob Spoor]

Originally posted by abin joy:

case 0:
{
    for (int x = 10; x > 5; x++)
        if(x > 10000000)
            x = 10;
    break;
}

With proper indentation you can see the flow a lot better.

[fred rosenberger]

a "for" statement basically has two parts... the "for (;;) " part, followed by a statement or a block (curly braces).

an "if" statement basically has two parts... the "if (condition)" part, followed by a statement or a block (curly braces).

so, the compiler sees your "for (int x=10;x>5;x++)", and says "ok, put the next statement or block inside the loop.". the next thing it finds is the "if" statment, and so it take the whole thing - both parts - because that single statement has two parts.

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[ September 09, 2008: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]