While loops and for loops: Correct Solution

Part 1

Translate the following for loop into a while loop:

for (long o = a; o > casde; o++) {
    xirSnica(o);
    pheCin();
}

Solution

long o = a;
while (o > casde) {
    o++;
    pheCin();
    xirSnica(o);
}

Part 2

Translate the following natural language description of a loop into a for loop:

Declare a variable named ot of type int, initialized to 5. Then, until ot is not equal to gauc, divide ot by 4.

Solution

for (int ot = 5; ot != gauc; ot /= 4) {
    ...
}

Something to double-check in your solution:

• Note that the problem says “until,” not “while.” Did you use the correct operator in the loop’s end condition (ot != gauc)?

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