for ( variable initialization; boolean expression; increment ) {
} for( int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
i = 0 - i starts as 0 i < 3 - while i is less than 3, for loop will continue to execute i ++ - increases i by 1 after each for loop execution
does not have to start at 0 for( int i = 1; i < 3 ; i++)
can be any boolean expression for( int i = 1; i ⇐ 40 ; i += 5 ) for( int i = 1; i > 3 ; i += 5 )
does not have to be increase by 1 for( int i = 1; i < 3 ; i += 5 ) increases by 5 each time ^ for( int i = 1; i < 3 ; i— ) decreases by 1 each time ^
when a for loop iterates one too few or one too many times that is an off by one error
for loops can be written as while loops and while loops can be written as for loops
while loops are generally for things where you do not know how many times it will execute
for loops are generally for instances where you do know how many times it will execute