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Loops

You may encounter situations when a block of code needs to be executed several number
of times. In general, statements are executed sequentially: The first statement in a function is
executed first, followed by the second, and so on.
Programming languages provide various control structures that allow for more
complicated execution paths.
A loop statement allows us to execute a statement or group of statements multiple times.
Given below is the general form of a loop statement in most of the programming languages:
C programming language provides the following types of loops to handle looping
requirements.

Loop Type Description

while loop Repeats a statement or group of statements while a given
condition is true. It tests the condition before executing the loop
body.

for loop Executes a sequence of statements multiple times and
abbreviates the code that manages the loop variable.

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