Generically, do
/while
is good for any sort of loop construct where one must execute the loop at least once. It is possible to emulate this sort of looping through either a straight while
or even a for
loop, but often the result is a little less elegant. I'll admit that specific applications of this pattern are fairly rare, but they do exist. One which springs to mind is a menu-based console application:
do {
char c = read_input();
process_input(c);
} while (c != 'Q');