Equivalent Constructs
while (condition) { statements; }is equivalent to
if (condition) { do { statements; } while (condition); }or
while (true) { if (!condition) break; statements; }or
goto TEST; LOOPSTART: statements; TEST: if (condition) goto LOOPSTART;or
TEST: if (!condition) goto LOOPEND; statements goto TEST; LOOPEND:Also, in C and its descendants, a while loop is a for loop with no initialization or counting expressions, i.e.,
for ( ; condition; ) { statements; }}
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