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do-while loop
subject			fact

do-while loop	has syntax for (entry expression; boolean expression; continuation expression) { //statements to keep executing while boolean expression is true }
	has example int c; Reader in; . . . do { c = in.read(); . . . } while (c != -1);
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of loop statement
loop statement	has purpose to execute a section of code more than once
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional