Loop

A loop is a compound statement that repeats the statements in its body zero or more times.

Related concepts:  StatementRepetitionControl Flow

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Control flow: Loops

Misconceptions about Loop

12 documented Misconceptions

ForEachIteratesOverIndices — Java

An enhanced for loop iterates over the indices of an array or a collection

ForEachTraversesRecursiveStructure — Java

For-each loops know how to traverse any recursive data structure

ForEachVariableIsElement — Java

One can assign to the variable of an enhanced for statement to store a value in the corresponding array or collection element

ForIsConditional — Java

The body of a for statement executes at most once

ForVariableScopeBeyondLoop — Java

The scope of variables declared in a for loop header extends beyond the loop

IfIsLoop — Java

The body of an if statement executes repeatedly, as long as the condition holds

IfIsLoop — Python

The body of an if-statement executes repeatedly, as long as the condition holds

LoopBodyScopeImpliesLoopLifetime — Java

Lifetime of variables declared in a loop body extends across all loop iterations

LoopTerminatingCondition — Java

For and while loops end when the condition becomes true

PreIncrementBeforeLoop — Java

Pre-increment in update part of for loop means increment before loop body

RepeatDistributes — Scratch

Each block in a loop is repeated individually

ResetStateEachLoopIteration — Scratch

The computation of all loop iterations starts from the state before the loop