COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 1

Session 2: Loops

Iván Amaya
 CONTENTS
 WHILE

 DO-WHILE

 FOR

 EXAMPLES

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 WHILE LOOP
Ask first, shoot later

Cond

Process

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 DO-WHILE LOOP
Shoot first, ask later

Process

Cond

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 FOR LOOP
Shoot N bullets

cont = st, end

Process

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 EXAMPLES
Printing numbers

Create a program that prints the numbers from 0 to 10. Use different loop
structures

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 EXAMPLES
Printing numbers

While loop Do-While loop For loop

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 EXAMPLES
Counting numbers

Create a program that divides a given even number into two, until the
number becomes one. Print each number and the total amount of divisions.

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 EXAMPLES
Counting numbers

What happens when

num < 1?

While loop Do-While loop

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 EXAMPLES
Counting numbers

What happens when

num < 1?
What happens if there
is no data for
calculating div?

For loop
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 EXAMPLES
You are thinking on opening an account at a bank. There are several
options available and, thus, you would like to have a means of quickly
assessing which one is the best option for you. Specifically, you would like
to know how many months would it take to double an initial investment C,
at a given interest rate. Create a program to sort this problem out, reporting
the value after each month has passed.

After each bounce, a ball losses part of its energy. Assuming an initial
height (H), create a program that simulates each bounce, reporting the
number of bounces until the ball is unable to reach a height equal to one
fifth of the initial value.

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 EXAMPLES
You are developing an algorithm for data analysis. Said analysis requires
you to identify the amount of odd and even numbers in the data set.
Knowing that each data set contains a hundred data points, lay out the
algorithm for carrying out the required analysis.

Note: residue operations in CFD are given by the % operator

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