DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRAPRADESH
Name : K.Sreeramacharyulu
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : Commercial and Computer
Practice
Institute : Govt Polytechnic, Srikakulam
Year/Semester : V Semester
Subject : VISUAL BASIC-I
Sub. Code : CCP-503
Topic : Programming Fundamentals
Duration : 50 Mts
Sub. Topic : Control structures, Loops
Teaching Aids : PPT, Clips and Images
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 Objective:

On completion of this period, you would be able to

Know

 Control Flow statements – Looping

structures

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Control Flow
 Normally, instructions in a program are
executed one after the other
 But in some cases like testing a value, this
linear order to be changed
 Sometimes, same set of instructions have to
be repeated
 Control flow statements help in changing the
flow of execution of program instructions

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Visual Basic divides the control flow statements
into two types:

 Looping Structures

 Decision Structures

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 Looping Structures
 Loop statements allow us to execute one or more
lines of code repetitively
 Many tasks consist of operations that must be
repeated over and over again
 Looping structures are an important part of any
programming language

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VB supports following three types of loop
structures :

 Do…Loop
 For…Next
 While…Wend

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Also support some loop breaking statements
such as

 Exit For and

 Exit Do

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Do…Loop

 Executes a block of statements for as long as a

condition is True
 If statement is false , the program continues and
the statement following the loop is executed

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 There are two variations of the Do…Loop
statement and both use the same basic model
 A loop can be executed either while the conditions
is true or until the conditions becomes True
 These two variables use the keyword “while” and
“until” to specify how long the statements are
executed
 Syntax of Do…Loop will be as follows:

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 To execute a block of statements while a
condition is true, use the following syntax:
Do While condition
Statement-block
Loop
 To execute a block of statements until the
condition becomes true, use following syntax:
Do Until condition
Statement-block
Loop

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Examples of Do…Loop in a single
program:
This program prints numbers from 0 to 9

i=0
Do while i<10
print i
i=i+1
Loop

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This program prints numbers from 10
to 1
Do Until i=0
print i
i=i-1
Loop

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For…Next

 One of the oldest loop structures in programming

languages
 For.. Next loop repeats a fixed number of times
 Uses a variable that increases or decreases in
value during each repetition of the loop

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 It has following syntax:
For counter = start to end [step increment]
statements
Next
 Keywords in square brackets are optional
 The arguments “counter”, “start”, “end”, and
“increment” are all numeric

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 Example of For…Loop:
This program prints 1 to 10 and their square
values
For i = 1 to 10
print i : i * i
Next i

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While…Wend

 It executes a block of statements as long as a

condition is satisfied
 It has following syntax:
While <condition>
statement-Block
Wend
 As long as the condition is True , all the statements
are executed

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 Example for While…Wend :
total = 0
i=1
While i<=10
number= inputbox(“ please enter another value”)
total= total + number
i = i+1
Wend
PRINT TOTAL
 The above program unit asks 10 numbers and sums
and shows the sum

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Loop Breaking Statements

Exit Statement

 There may be situations when we need to

immediately exit from a loop, before it logically
ends
 VB provides a method to do this job :
EXIT DO statement
EXIT FOR statement

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EXIT DO:

 The following program asks up to 20 values and

sums them and shows result. However, by giving
‘0’ for value, looping can be discontinued with
‘EXIT DO’

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n=0
s=0
I =1
Do until i = 20
n = InputBox (“Enter any Number : ”)
if (n = 0) then
Exit do
end if
s = s+n
i = i+1
Loop
PRINT “sum = “: s

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EXIT FOR:
 The following program demonstrates use
“EXIT FOR”
s=0
n=0
For i = 1 to 20
n = Inputbox(“Give value: ”)
if (n = 0) then
EXIT FOR
End if
s = s+1
Next i
PRINT “sum of:; i -1; “values is “; s
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Summary
 Control Flow Statements – Looping structure
- DO…WHILE
- FOR..NEXT

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Frequently Asked Questions

2. Write the syntax of the Do…Loop statement in

VB?
3. Write the need of the For…Next statement?
4. Give the syntax and explain the While…Wend
statement?

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Quiz

1. Which of the following NOT belongs to

Looping structure ?
 Do…Loop
 If…Then…End IF
 While … Wend
 For … Next

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2. Which of the following loop is used to repeat
the statements for fixed no. of times
a) For…Next
b) Select…Case
c) While…Wend
d) Do.. While

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3. ______ is used to break / halt a For…Next
loop
A. Exit
B. Next
C. Exit For
D. Break

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Assignment

1. Write a program in 1 to n numbers

2. Write a program that accepts 10 numbers and

find their product

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