Electronics and Communication Engineering - Microprocessors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Microprocessors - Section 2 (Q.No. 8)
8.
Consider the following DO statement in Fortran 77

DO 23 X = 10.0, 2.0

The number of DO loop executions in the above statement is
10
2
5
zero
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Do loop will not be executed since 0 is less than 10.

Discussion:
3 comments Page 1 of 1.

Amrata Kamat said:   1 decade ago
I am not understanding the Fortran 77 loop execution. Please help to understand this.

Vennela said:   6 years ago
I am not understanding please give the clear explanation.

Nanda said:   2 years ago
The DO loop in the statement DO 23 X = 10.0, 2.0 is a decrementing loop. Since the starting value of 10.0 is greater than the ending value of 2.0, the loop will execute 0 times.

Therefore, the number of DO loop executions is 0.

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