Chapter 8. More Control Statements

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings . . .

—Molière

At this point we know enough to create very simple programs. In this chapter we move on to more complex statements. For controlled looping we have the for statement. We also study the switch statement. This statement can be quite powerful and complex, but as we shall see in the following sections, if used right it can be very efficient and effective.

But we start our discussion with a new looping statement, the for.