Help me out in this C++ with the while loop

Asked By tricia klein 0 points N/A Posted on - 03/07/2012

When you run a C++ program, what will appear on the screen after following statements are executed?

int a=0,i=0;

while(a<=10){ a=a+i i=i+2; }

cout<<a<<endl;

The answer should be 30 but how come?

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Answered By Genebraldo Stan 15 points N/A #89995

Help me out in this C++ with the while loop

 

Hi Tricia Klein,

 

In your program to get 30 as the output the condition in the while statement should be as " i<=10 " not " a<=10 "

 

The solution is as follows, consider while loop with condition statement i<=10

• Initially a=0 & i=0, so while loop gets executed(since i<=10)

a=0+0==>0 & i=0+2==>2

• Then for next step a=0 & i=2, so the following occurs

a=0+2==>2 & i=2+2==>4

• This occurs until " i " becomes 10 on the 6th time of loop where loop gets exited.

a=2+4==>6       & i=4+2==>6

 

a=6+6==>12     & i=6+2==>8

 

a=12+8==>20   & i=8+2==>10

 

a=20+10==>30 & i=10+2==>12

• Finally the output a=30 is printed.

 

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Answered By farooqgenius 0 points N/A #89996

Help me out in this C++ with the while loop

Hi  Tricia Klein !

Their is a logical error in your code , you can dry run your code and find out the logical error in your code.

Like I'm going to dry run it for you.

1. while(0<=10)  {  a=0+0 ; i=0+2;}

2. while (0<=10) {a=0+2; i=2+2}

3. while (2<=10) {a=2+4; i=4+2}

4. while (6<=10) {a=6+6; i=6+2}

5. while (12<=10)  false ….. And your output will be 12

But if you change while Condition to while (i<=10)

Now dry run 

1.  while (0<=10) {a=0+0; i=0+2}

2. while (2<=10) {a=0+2; i=2+2}

3. while (4<=10) {a=2+4; i=4+2}

4. while (6<=10) {a=6+6; i=6+2}

5. while (8<=10) {a=12+8; i=8+2}

6. while (10<=10) {a=20+10; i=10+2}

7. while (12<=10) condition false and your desired output will be 30

Hope that you will understand .

Thanks

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