- Look out for this common misconception: Students, mistakenly, believe that nested loops are loops that run in parallel.
- Example 1: The following Java code uses an additive loop structure:
for (int p=0; p<=n; p++) {- System.out.println("Hello!");
}
for (int r=0; r<n; r++) {- System.out.println("Hello!");
}
- In this example, the first loop executes in its entirety before the second loop begins.
- Example 2: The following Java code uses a multiplicative loop structure:
for (int p=0; p<=n; p++) {- for (int r=0; r<n; r++) {
- System.out.println("Hello!");
}
}
- In this example, the inner loop must fully execute before p can be incremented.