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The anatomy of a for loop
In programming, a for loop is a control structure that allows you to repeatedly execute a block of code. The anatomy of a for loop in JavaScript is as follows:
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for (initialization; condition; increment) {
// block of code to be executed
}
initialization is an expression that is executed once at the beginning of the loop. It usually initializes a variable that will be used to control the loop.
condition is a boolean expression that is evaluated at the beginning of each iteration. If it is true, the loop continues. If it is false, the loop ends.
increment is an expression that is executed at the end of each iteration, before the next evaluation of the condition. It usually increments (or decrements) the control variable.
Here's an example of a for loop that prints the numbers from 1 to 5:
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for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
console.log(i);
}
Output:
1 2 3 4 5
what is a loop?
In programming, a loop is a control structure that allows you to repeat a set of statements multiple times based on a condition. There are different types of loops like "for loop", "while loop", and "do-while loop", but they all serve the same purpose - repeating a block of code until a certain condition is met. Here is a simple example of a "for loop" in JavaScript that prints the numbers from 1 to 5:
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for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
console.log(i);
}
This loop has three parts: initialization (let i = 1), condition (i <= 5), and update (i++). The loop body contains the code that gets executed on each iteration (console.log(i)). This loop will execute five times, printing the values of i from 1 to 5.
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