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If we change the condition used in the preceding program from (i <= 10) to (i >= 10), the do-while loop
executes the statements only once and stops executing. However, the condition is false. The output will
be displayed as shown:

The for Loop

The for loop in Java helps to repeat a set of statements a definite number of times. It is designed to
process the items of any sequence one by one.

Start

Initialisation

False Conditional
Expression

Increment/Decrement
True
Body of for loop

Stop

Flowchart of the for loop
The syntax of the for loop is as follows:

for (initialisation; conditional expression; increment/decrement)
{

[statements]

}
Where, the initialisation section initialises a variable when the loop starts its execution. This section
executes only once and controls the execution of the for loop. The semicolon symbol will terminate the
initialisation section. Next, the conditional expression section will be evaluated. This section contains a
test condition. The body of the loop will be executed until the test condition becomes false. At the end,
the increment/decrement section will be executed. It controls the iterations of the for loop.

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