The do-while-loop is similar in nature to the while-loop, in the sense that the code within both loops will execute so long as a certain condition is satisfied. The slight difference between the two types of loops is that in a while-loop, the condition is tested before the statements within the loop are executed, whereas in a do-while-loop, the code inside the loop executes once before the condition is ever tested.
Therefore, even if the condition to continue the loop is never met, the do-while-loop will still execute the loop’s statements once, but the while-loop will not execute at all.
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Try out the features of the do-while-loop in the code window below. Test what happens if you edit the code so the condition of the loop is NOT met. Change the loop from a do-while-to a while-loop, and see if it produces the same results!
