{"id":18584,"date":"2022-11-01T08:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-there-some-reason-for-this-kind-of-for-loop\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T08:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:53:20","slug":"solved-is-there-some-reason-for-this-kind-of-for-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-there-some-reason-for-this-kind-of-for-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Is there some reason for this kind of for-loop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-37341075\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"37341075\" data-parentid=\"37340988\" data-score=\"5\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>As long as you&#8217;re bothered with the <code>for<\/code> loop syntax,<\/p>\n<pre><code> for ( ; lastheight &lt; height ; lastheight++)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>is perfectly valid, as long as <code>lastheight<\/code> is defined and initialized previously.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting <code>C11<\/code>, chapter \u00a76.8.5.3<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre><code>for ( clause-1 ; expression-2 ; expression-3 ) statement\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>[&#8230;] Both <em>clause-1<\/em> and <em>expression-3<\/em> can be omitted. An omitted <em>expression-2<\/em> is replaced by a<br \/>\n  nonzero constant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Regarding the <em>reason<\/em> for defining <code>lastheight<\/code> outside the <code>for<\/code> loop, one thing can be mentioned, that, for a construct like<\/p>\n<pre><code> for ( int lastheight = 0 ; lastheight &lt; height ; lastheight++)  {...} \/\/C99 and above\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>limits the <em>scope<\/em> of <code>lastheight<\/code> to the for loop body. If you want <code>lastheight<\/code> to be used <em>after<\/em> (outside the scope of) the loop body, you must have the definition outside the loop.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if my memory serves correctly, before C99, declaration of a variable was not possible inside the <code>for<\/code> statement, anyway. So, the way to go was<\/p>\n<pre><code> int lastheight;\n for ( lastheight = 0 ; lastheight &lt; height ; lastheight++)  {...}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p>Also, here&#8217;s  a link to a detailed discussion about <code>for<\/code> loop syntax.<\/p>\n<p><sup><em>Disclaimer: My answer<\/em>.<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Is there some reason for this kind of for-loop? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As long as you&#8217;re bothered with the for loop syntax, for ( ; lastheight &lt; height ; lastheight++) is perfectly valid, as long as lastheight is defined and initialized previously. Quoting C11, chapter \u00a76.8.5.3 for ( clause-1 ; expression-2 ; expression-3 ) statement [&#8230;] Both clause-1 and expression-3 can be omitted. 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