Editing Do while loop (section)

==Equivalent constructs==
<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
do {
    do_work();
} while (condition);
</syntaxhighlight>

is equivalent to

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
do_work();

while (condition) {
    do_work();
}
</syntaxhighlight>

In this manner, the do ... while loop saves the initial "loop priming" with <code>do_work();</code> on the line before the <code>while</code> loop.

As long as the ''continue'' statement is not used, the above is technically equivalent to the following (though these examples are not typical or modern style used in everyday computers):

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
while (true) {
   do_work();
   if (!condition) break;
}
</syntaxhighlight>

or

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
LOOPSTART:
    do_work();
    if (condition) goto LOOPSTART;
</syntaxhighlight>