CS256 - Principles of Structured Design Fall 2021

Displaying ./code/cs256su21code/jun02/count5For.c

/*

	similar to count5.c but this uses a for loop to do te same thing we
	did with a while loop

*/


#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{	
	int num, start, inc, end; //variable declarations


	/*
		below, we're prompting the user for the start, increment and end values
		and then getting them from the user
	*/
	printf("Starting Number: ");
	scanf("%d", &start); 
	
	printf("Counting up by?: ");
	scanf("%d", &inc);

	printf("Ending Number: ");
	scanf("%d", &end);

	

	/*
		inside the parentheses in the for statement, we have

		left(initalization): where we're starting

		 middle(comparison): as long as this is true, keep doing what's
							 inside the brackets

		   right(increment): after we do what's inside the brackets, do this thing
		   					 and then check with the middle statement to see if we
		   					 keep the for loop going or stop.

		compare with the while loop in the comments below

	*/

	for(num = start; num <= end; num = num + inc){
		printf("%d\n", num);	

	}

	/*
	num = start;


	while(num <= end){

		printf("%d\n", num);
		num = num + inc; 
		//if we want to increment a value by something other than 1, a statement like the one
		//above would be one way to do it.

	}
	*/

	return 0;
}