Re: Equivalence

Posted by DarkTerritory on August 04, 1999 at 17:08:52:

In Reply to: Re: Equivalence posted by hussein on August 04, 1999 at 15:49:32:

: :


: :   for (int i=0; (i<10) && (test); i++) {
: :     do_something();
: :   }
: :

: :


: :   for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
: :     if (test) do_something();
: :     else break;
: :   }
: :

: in the first case, as soon as test fails, the loop terminates.

: in the second case, the loop continues even after test fails for the first time.

Doesn't the "else break" cause the loop to die in the event test fails? If I am mistaken, what does it do?

-DT