What is a "Top Testing Loop" in Java?

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What is a "Top Testing Loop" in Java?

Thanks.

Creamy Goodness

a top testing loop is where you do your testing at the top (while loops)
eg.

x=0
while (x!=0)
{
   .....
   .....
}

bottom testing whould be where you do your testing at the bottom (do while loops)
eg.

x=0
do
{
  ....
  ....
  ....
}
while (x!=0)

i don't think it's specific to java, it's more of a conventional naming method for loops.

Random

That's it Cremo? Why couldn't google tell me that?

Just going through some sample exam papers for Java and saw that question. It had me stumped.

Thanks.

Creamy Goodness

i'm pretty sure that's all there is to it, google didn't crop up with much for me either.

i remember it been mentioned in a C lecture i had once, so i'm assuming it's sticks for java aswell as C.

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Cremo wrote:

i'm pretty sure that's all there is to it, google didn't crop up with much for me either.

i remember it been mentioned in a C lecture i had once, so i'm assuming it's sticks for java aswell as C.

Yeah .. generally things do.

Of course, if anyone else thinks there's more to it please let me know!

Thanks Cremo.

Talisman

A top testing loop is where you test the condition before executing the loop.
e.g. while (condition) { loop }.

int x = 1;
while (x==0) {
	System.out.println(x);
	x--;
};
System.out.println(".");

Output:
.

A bottom testing loop executes the loop before testing the condition.
e.g. do { loop } while (condition).

int x = 1;
do {
	System.out.println(x);
	x--;
} while (x==0);
System.out.println(".");

Output:
1
0
.

A bottom testing loop will execute the code within the loop at least once even if the condition is false.