Do While - Java

Definition §

A do while loop performs some action while a condition is true. This differs from a while loop because the condition is checked after execution, not before, and the loop will always run at least once.

do {
     statement(s)
} 
while (_conditionMet_);

This is quite simply read as ”Do something while _conditionMet_.” Consider the following loop:

int counter = 0;
boolean done = false;
 
do {
	for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
		System.out.println(counter);
		counter++;
	}
	
	done = true;
	System.out.println("Done!");
} while (!done);

We receive the following:

0
1
2
3
4
Done!

If instead we defined done = true, we would still receive the same output because the statement is always run at least once.

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