CS256 - Principles of Structured Design Fall 2021

Displaying ./code/cs256su21code/jun01/count.c

/*

Demonstrating a very simple while loop.

Here, we're just counting from 1 to 10

*/

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	int num = 1; 
	/*
		before we start this while loop, we must make sure we declare the variable and then
		initalize it to the value we are starting with
    */
	while(num <= 10){
		/* 
			as long as what's inside the parenthesis is true, we will repeat what's
			inside these brackets.
		*/

		printf("%d\n", num); //printing the current number
		num++; //this is the increment operator, here we add 1 to num.

		/*
			if we don't want the while loop to go on forever, we need something
			that updates the value we're checking inside the parenthesis
		*/

	}


	return 0;
}