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Using while Loops

while loops let you repeat sections of code as long as an expression is true. Here’s a generic form of the while loop:

while (expression)

statement;

If expression is false, the program moves on to the statement after the loop. If expression is true, the program executes statement and loops back to test expression again. This cycle repeats until expression tests false, at which point the loop ends.

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