vJASS for mules #3: Loops

Normally the program executes the code line-by-line, from top to bottom. However, you can change that flow, making the program executes a same block of code 'n' times. How? With loops, of course. There are three kinds of loops in vJASS:

For loops
Fors are used when the number of iterations are known, i.e, if I want to repeat a code 10 times:

integer i
for i = 1 to 10
    // The code
endfor

The variable "i" is called iterator. It assumes a new value for each repetition, for example, at first it assumes the value 1 and executes the code. When the block reaches its end, a new iteration begins and now "i" assumes the value of 2, and so on until the value of i surpasses the delimiter (in this case, 10).

While loops
While loops are used when the number of iterations are undetermined. It will repeat itself while its condition is true:

integer i = 1
while i < 10 
     // The block code
endwhile

Do/while loops
It's seemed with while loops except that the stop condition can appear in the beginning, middle or end of code block. Example:

integer i = 1
loop
    // The block code
    exitwhen i > 10
endloop

loop
   exitwhen i == 0
   // The block code
endloop


Answer mentally:

• What are loops?
• When we use for loops?
• When we use while loops?
• What's the difference between while and do/while loops?

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