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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Control Flow While and Do-While Loop

Posted by Judy Zhu
Judy Zhu
Courses Plus Student 323 Points

difference between the While loop and the Do While loop

What is the difference between the While loop and the Do While loop? and how am I suppose to know which one to use?

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

The only difference between the while and the do while loop is that the condition in a while loop is evaluated before the code in the loop is run, where as it's evaluated afterwards in a do while loop. In other words, the code in a do while loop is guaranteed to run at least once. Otherwise, it's totally up to you which loop you want to use