Java - While Loop

A loop statement allows a program to execute a given block of codes repeatedly under a given condition. This enables a programmer to write programs in fewer lines of code and enhance the code readability. Java has following types of loop to handle the looping requirements:

• while loop
• do-while loop
• for loop

The While Loop

A while loop allows a set of statements to be executed repeatedly as long as a specified condition is true. The while loop can be viewed as a repeating if statement.

Syntax

while (condition) {
  statements;
}

Flow Diagram:

In below mentioned example, program uses while loop to sum all integers from 1 to 5.

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int i = 0;
    int sum = 0;
    while (i <= 5) {
      sum = sum + i;
      i++;
    }
    System.out.println(sum);  
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

15

The Do-While Loop

The do-while loop is a variant of while loop which execute statements before checking the conditions. Therefore the do-while loop executes statements at least once.

Syntax

do {
  statements;
}
while (condition);

Flow Diagram:

In the example below, even if the condition is not fulfilled, the do-while loop executes the statements once.

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int i = 10;
    int sum = 0;
    do{
        sum = sum + i;
        i = i+1;
    }
    while (i <= 5);
    System.out.println(sum);  
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

10