Can a for loop be written to create an infinite loop or is it only while loops that do that?

Question

Can a for loop be written in Java to create an infinite loop or is it only while loops that cause that problem?

Answer 1

Apart from issues of scope and one other thing, this:

for(; ; ) {
  
}

is the same as:

while() {
  
  
}

As other people have alluded to, in the same way that you can have a while loop without an form or form, you can have a for loop without them:

while() {
  
}

is the same as

for(;;) {
  
} //Although this is terrible style

And finally, you could have a

for(;true;) {
  
}

Now, remember when I said there was one other thing? It's that for loops don't need a test--yielding the solution everyone else has posted:

for(;;) {
  
}