Mathematica/FlowControl

For Loop
For[start, test, incr, body] executes start, then repeatedly evaluates body and incr until test fails to give True.

Example:  For[x=1, x<5, x=x+1, Print["x=",x]]

While Loop
While[test, body] evaluates test, then body, repetitively, until test first fails to give True.

Example:  Define a Function f[x] f[x_] := (x^2 -1)/(x+1) Use the function in a while loop to calculate the sum of those terms. i=0; While[i < 0, tot += f[i]; i++]. Note that the roles of ; and, are reversed relative to the C programming language.