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Thread: Question on While Loops

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    Hi there, I'm an absolute beginner on Java. I wrote the following piece of code. I ran it and it gives the output as 1.
    Since 1 is not greater than 10, it should NOT execute the println at all. But why value i is printed. Can someone explain me why?


    public class While_Loop {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int i=1;

    while (i>10);
    {
    System.out.println(i);
    i=i+1;
    }

    }

    }


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    Default Re: Question on While Loops

    you have a semicolon after the while loop. You need to take it away.

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    Default Re: Question on While Loops

    Welcome to the forum! Please read this topic to learn how to post code in code or highlight tags and other useful info for new members.

    Please post your code correctly using code or highlight tags per the above link.

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    Default Re: Question on While Loops

    remove semi colon ...

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    Default Re: Question on While Loops

    Like they said, you gotta remove the semicolon. But even when you do that, your code will probably not have the result you intended. It should go from printing out the number "1" to having no output at all. Think about the value of i and the condition in your loop.

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