WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - Printable Version

WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - Printable Version

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WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - RandomiserUsr - 2022-03-12

Hi, quick question:

Programming styles aside which performs better at run time, WHILE or FOR/NEXT ?

I will guess with both are the same? :-)

Thanks

RE: WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - boriel - 2022-03-13

Both are nearly the same. But if you are using a counter variable within the WHILE loop, a FOR / NEXT will be optimal because it will increase the variable for you and this is optimized internally during the traduction to assembler.

RE: WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - RandomiserUsr - 2022-03-25

(2022-03-13, 12:22 PM)boriel Wrote: Both are nearly the same. But if you are using a counter variable within the WHILE loop, a FOR / NEXT will be optimal because it will increase the variable for you and this is optimized internally during the traduction to assembler.

Thanks for that