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Markus Reiter
1,123 PointsWrong Answer?
I think the answer to this question is zero, but it shows wrong.
How many times will the following loop execute?
int i = 1; do { printf("looping"); } while ( i < 1 );
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Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,076 PointsRemember a do-while loop always executes the task at least once before actually looking at the loop conditions.
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Michael Hulet
47,912 PointsIt will execute once. Using do{}while();
syntax guarantees that the block of code executes at least once, as the condition is evaluated after the code runs. So even though the condition evaluates to false the first time, printf("looping");
had already run once by the time that i < 1
was evaluated
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Markus Reiter
1,123 PointsThanks for the clarification.