Sequential Loops

Sequential Loops
A Programming Pattern

Prof. David Bernstein
James Madison University

Computer Science Department

bernstdh@jmu.edu

Motivation

A Review:
- Loops allow us to repeat a step or sequence of steps multiple times
An Observation:
- We can't always accomplish what we want/need to with a single loop

Using Multiple Loops

When the Need Arises

After Using an Accumulator:
- Bigger/smaller than the average
- Percent of the total/minimum/maximum
After Finding a Containing Interval:
- Position within an interval

An Example

The Problem:
- Display the elements of an array that are larger than the mean value
A Solution (using Sequential Loops):
- javaexamples/programmingpatterns/SequentialLoopExample.java (Fragment: big)
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