CHAPTER 19 — Result-controlled Loops

A third kind of loop can be built from the fundamental control statements in Java. This is the result-controlled loop. (Other names for it are free loop and general loop). A result-controlled loop keeps looping until the computation has reached a particular goal. It is like the instruction in a cookie recipe that says "keep stirring until the ingredients are thoroughly blended." You know when to quit only when the desired result has been achieved.

Chapter Topics:

• Result controlled loops
• Example programs:
  • Savings account interest
  • Newton's method
• Nested Loops
• Improving an estimate by iteration
• Precision of double precision variables