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C++ Nested Loops

Nested Loops

It is also possible to place a loop inside another loop. This is called a nested loop .

The "inner loop" will be executed one time for each iteration of the "outer loop":

Example

// Outer loop
for (int i = 1; i <= 2; ++i) {
  cout << "Outer: " << i << "\n"; // Executes 2 times
  // Inner
  loop
  for (int j = 1; j <= 3; ++j) {
    cout << " Inner: " << j << "\n"; // Executes 6 times (2 * 3)
  }
}

Multiplication Table Example

This example uses nested loops to print a simple multiplication table (1 to 3):

Example

for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
  for (int j = 1; j <= 3; j++) {
    cout << i * j << " ";
  }
cout << "\n";
}

Nested loops are useful when working with tables, matrices, or multi-dimensional data structures .

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