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November 26, 2011

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C Programming: do while loop countdown example


 A simple countdown timer example using a do while loop in C

Quote from The C Programming Language, Second Edition by Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie

“..the while and for loops test the termination condition at the top. By contrast, the third loop in C, the do-while, tests at the bottom after making each pass through the loop body; the body is always executed at least once.”

file: countdown.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int start;

    do
    {
        printf("Need Number to start the countdown (1 - 100): ");
        scanf("%d",&start);
    }
    while(start<100);

    do
    {
        printf("T-minus %d\n",start);
        start--;
        sleep(1);
    }
    while(start>0);

    printf("Zero!\nBlast Off!\n");
    return(0);
}

To compile using gcc compiler:

$ gcc countdown.c -o countdown

Example output:

$ ./countdown
Need Number to start the countdown (1 - 100): 5
T-minus 5
T-minus 4
T-minus 3
T-minus 2
T-minus 1
Zero!
Blast Off!

This is a basic example, and only one of the many ways this task could be completed in the C language.



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