while and do while Loop in Scala
Looping in programming languages is a feature which facilitates the execution of a set of instructions/functions repeatedly while some condition evaluates to true. Loops make the programmers task simpler. Scala provides the different types of loops but in this article we understand while and do-while loops.
While programming there might be situation which we need to repeat until and unless a condition is met. In these cases, while loop is used. A while loop generally takes a condition in parenthesis. If the condition is True then the code within the body of the while loop is executed. A while loop is used when we don’t know the number of times we want the loop to be executed however we know the termination condition of the loop. The condition at which loop stops is called breaking condition.
Syntax:
while (condition)
{
// Code to be executed
}
Flowchart:
Example : Execution of While loop
Scala
// Scala program of while loop// Creating objectobject GFG{ // Main method def main(args: Array[String]) { // variable declaration (assigning 5 to a) var a = 5 // loop execution while (a > 0) { println("a is : " + a) a = a - 1; } }} |
Output:
a is : 5 a is : 4 a is : 3 a is : 2 a is : 1
Example : Finding element in an Array
Scala
// Scala program of while loop// Creating objectobject GFG{ // Main method def main(args: Array[String]) { // variable declaration (assigning 5 to a) var a = Array("do_while", "for", "while") var index = 0 // loop execution while (index < a.length) { if(a(index) == "while") println("index of while is " + index) index = index + 1 } }} |
Output:
index of while is 2
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A do..while loop is almost same as a while loop. The only difference is that do..while loop runs at least one time. The condition is checked after the first execution. A do..while loop is used when we want the loop to run at least one time. It is also known as the exit controlled loop as the condition is checked after executing the loop. In while loop condition is placed at top of loop Whereas in do while loop condition is placed at end, due to this positioning of condition all statements under do while gets executes at least once.
Syntax:
do {
// statements to be Executed
} while(condition);
Flowchart:
Example : Execution of do while loop
Scala
// Scala program of do-while loop// Creating objectobject GFG{ // Main method def main(args: Array[String]) { // variable declaration (assigning 5 to a) var a = 5; // loop execution do { println("a is : " + a); a = a - 1; } while (a > 0); }} |
Output:
a is : 5 a is : 4 a is : 3 a is : 2 a is : 1
Example : Running loop until we encounter a string in Array
Scala
// Scala program for do-while loop// Creating objectobject GFG{ // Main method def main(args: Array[String]) { // Declaring an array var a = Array("hello", "This", "is", "geeksforgeeks", "bye") var str = "bye" var i = 0 // loop execution do { println("program is saying " + a(i)); i = i + 1; } while (a(i) != str); }} |
Output:
program is saying hello program is saying This program is saying is program is saying geeksforgeeks
In above code, bye won’t be printed.
