Glossary

Section 11.7 Glossary

break.: A keyword that allows an immediate break out of a loop when executed within the loop body.
continue.: A keyword that (when executed within a loop body) allows an immediate continue with the next iteration by skipping the rest of the code in the current iteration.
definite iteration.: The number of loop iterations is known at the beginning of the iteration process.
indefinite iteration.: The number of loop iterations is unknown at the beginning of the iteration process and is dependent on a condition that needs to evaluate to False during the iteration process.
infinite loop.: A loop with a condition variable (used to determine if iterations of a while loop should continue) that is never reset (with no break keyword within the loop body).
iteration.: Repeated execution of a sequence of statements.
listener loop.: A while loop in which the number of iterations is dependent on user input.
sentinel value.: A value within a loop body that terminates a while loop by causing the condition of the while loop to be set to False.
while loop.: A loop that consists of a header and a body with continued iteration if the controlling boolean expression evaluates to True.

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