Which loop to use, for or do/while?

Question

Using C# (or VB.NET) which loop (for loop or do/while loop) should be used when a counter is required?

Does it make a difference if the loop should only iterate a se

Answer 1

Instead of a dummy criteria in the for loop, you can use the actual criteria that you want to use for the loop:

Scenario A2 - the for loop with custom criteria:

for (int iLoop = 0; Criteria; iLoop++) {

  // do work here

}

This is equivalent to:

{
   int iLoop = 0;
   while (Criteria) {

      // do work here

      iLoop++;
   }
}

If you have a loop counter, you should generally use a for loop to make that clearer.