/**
 *  Name: Erica Eddy
 *  Course: CSCI 241 - Computer Science I
 *  Section: 001 or 002
 *  Assignment: 1
 *  
 *  This example shows how to convert a 'while' loop into a 'for' loop,
 *  and vice versa.
 *  Notice how the body of the 'for' loop contains one fewer statement
 *  than the body of the 'while' loop (where did it go?)
 */

public class WhileFor
{
    public static void main (String [] args)
    {
    
        // example of a while loop that prints the loop control variable's
        // value each time the loop executes
        int x = 5;
        while (x > 0)   {
            System.out.println ("x = " + x);
            x--;
        }
        System.out.println("at end, x = " + x);
        
        // example of a for loop that does the same thing.
        // Note that the y must be declared outside of the loop, so that its
        // final value can be printed outside the loop.
        int y;
        for (y = 5; y > 0; y--) {
            System.out.println ("y = " + y);
        }
        System.out.println("at end, y = " + y);
        
        // Exercise:  how would you rewrite this loop as a while loop?
        for (int a = 10; a > 0; a -= 2)
            System.out.println("a = " + a); 
    }
}