[Year 12 SofDev] SD VITTA exam 2, multichoice #1

[Mark Kelly]

I'm thinking of a different DO..WHILE syntax as in...

DO
    ...
WHILE <condition>

which means it always loops at least once.

And I interpret the dots in "DO..WHILE" expressions to mean "loop 
contents go here" so the DO is at the top and the WHILE is in fact at 
the bottom.

As in the classical FOR..NEXT, the FOR is at the top, the NEXT at the end.

Frank Van Den Boom wrote:
> Not sure if I clearly understand why you think Do..While tests at the
> bottom of the loop.
> When option A states it as "Do..While", it is not meant to imply that
> the "Do" bit is at the top and the "While" bit at the bottom - both of
> these bits are in the statement at the top of the loop. Eg. As well as
> the old While/Wend, VB also offers the following
> 
> Do While Count < 10
> ..
> ..
> Loop
> 
> In Pascal, it was done something like:
> While Count < 10
> Begin
> ..
> ..
> End
> 
> I remember reading years ago, that some classic programmers would always
> use a while loop in place of a repeat loop as a matter of principle to
> cover the possibility that you don't want the loop entered at all.
> 
> Frank
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> [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
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> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] SD VITTA exam 2, multichoice #1
> 
> I'm curious what others think...
> 
> "Testing at the 'top of the loop' is performed by which syntax in
> pseudo-code?
> 
> A. Do..While
> B. Do..Until
> C. For..Next
> D. EOF"
> 
> The suggested answer given is A, with the explanation that 'Do..Until is
> often referred to as testing at the bottom of the loop...'
> 
> But surely both do..while and do..until both test at the bottom of the
> loop.
> 
> A While..Wend, on the other hand, tests at the top.
> 
> --
> Mark Kelly


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