If vs. While

Brandon · 2011-06-27T03:24:51

I have been teaching myself programming off and on for a few years now, and I am beyond beginner status in many ways, but I seemed to have missed something very important in my teaching. What is the benefit of using if conditionals instead of while? What I mean to say is, what is the difference, beyond the ability to use multiple break conditions in while statements? I always use if, but a great deal of example code I find, especially in scripting, uses while commands. Can someone explain to me the pros and cons? I am doing really well in my scripting, I have made some advanced scripts for my game betas and demos, but I need to know this. I have implemented both types of conditionals, but I really want to know the nuances of the variations. Thank you guys! (and gals).

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Started by MERKB7661 June 25, 2011 06:32 PM

22 comments, last by Tom Sloper 12 years, 9 months ago

Durakken

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June 27, 2011 01:23 AM

And it's made worse now by the fact that you are now stating that you agree with the important pertinent part of what was posted.

One's entire post should be important and pertinent. There were parts that were correct and parts that were incorrect. This is a tremendously far cry from "totally correct". In mathematics, this wouldn't even be dignified with "partially correct": It'd just be wrong.
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This isn't math.
It's English.

And it isn't about being 100% correct in the first place. It is about getting someone answer and making them understand it. Sometimes that requires dumbing down and simplifying the concept.

owl

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June 27, 2011 02:22 AM

This isn't math.
It's English.

And it isn't about being 100% correct in the first place. It is about getting someone answer and making them understand it. Sometimes that requires dumbing down and simplifying the concept.

And sometimes it is about not making an scene and leave the stage with some dignity.

In my case sometimes it's about ridiculing myself and blame the booze, but well, from funny to sad and back there is just a step.

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ApochPiQ

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June 27, 2011 02:27 AM

MERKB, genuinely sorry about the way your thread turned out. Hopefully at least it was educational

I'm petitioning the mod team to close this down before it gets truly ugly. I'd do it myself, but that's an obvious conflict of interest at this point, and against policy anyways, so... preemptive apologies for any more off-topic stuff that leaks in before someone comes by to lock it.

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