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for loop
subject			fact

for loop	can be interchanged with a while loop
	has advantage all the information about controlling the loop is kept in one place
	has disadvantage it can be slightly harder to read the code of a for loop than a while loop
	has example a is an array of some kind . . . int i; int length = a.length; for (i = 0; i < length; i++) { . . . // do something to the i th element of a . . . }
	has syntax for(initializer; condition; incrementer) { // statements to keep executing while condition is true }
	has part incrementor
	has part initializer
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of loop statement
	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