Is there ever a need for a “do {…} while ( )” loop?

Question

Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ creator) once said that he avoids \"do/while\" loops, and prefers to write the code in terms of a \"while\" loop instead. [See quote below.]

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Answer 1

Yes I agree that do while loops can be rewritten to a while loop, however I disagree that always using a while loop is better. do while always get run at least once and that is a very useful property (most typical example being input checking (from keyboard))

#include 

int main() {
    char c;

    do {
        printf("enter a number");
        scanf("%c", &c);

    } while (c < '0' ||  c > '9'); 
}

This can of course be rewritten to a while loop, but this is usually viewed as a much more elegant solution.