LESSON 2: USING LOOPS

REPETITION
STRUCTURE
Lesson Objectives
 Define repetition control structure
 Understand the program logic of each
type of repetition structure
 Recognize the VB statements that are
used to implement the different
repetition structure
 Create VB program using loop
statements
Repetition Structure
 Also known as iteration or looping
structure.
 Directs the computer to repeat one or
more instructions based on the value of
condition
Loop
 Is one of the most important structure of
in programming because it allows the
programmer to create instructions that
will be repeated a number of times
without bloating the program code.
Loop Statements:
 For Next
 Do
 Nested Loop
FOR NEXT STRUCTURE
 Also known as the For Loop structure.
 Contains a group of statements that are
repeated at specific number of times.
 It tests the condition at the beginning of
the loop and executes the statements
contained in the loop as long as the
condition returns a True value.
FOR NEXT STRUCTURE
Counter

FALSE
Compari
son test
Statement 3

TRUE

Statement 1

Statement 2
FOR NEXT STRUCTURE
Counter = 1

FALSE
Counter
<=5 Print “Done”

TRUE

Print “Tracy”

Counter =
Counter + 1
 SAMPLE PROBLEM
Problem Definition
 Create a program that will display the
numbers from 1 through 10.
Program Objective
 The program will set the initial value of the
number to 1. It will test if the number is less
than or equal to ten. If the result is true the
program will display the number and
increase the number by 1. It will repeat the
process of testing, display, and increasing
the number until the value of the number is
greater than 10.
IPO
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

number number = 1 number

For 1 to 10
Number = number +1
Display number
Loop
 Start
Algorithm
Number =
1

FALSE
Number
<=10
Stop

TRUE
Number =
Number + 1

Display
Number