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id: cpp-do-while-loop
title: "C++ Do/While Loop"
category: "Programming_Language"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
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aliases: ["do while", "at-least-once loop", "C++ do-while 반복문"]
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source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.85
created_at: 2026-07-04
updated_at: 2026-07-04
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["cpp", "programming-language", "w3schools", "loops", "do-while"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/cpp_do_while_loop.asp"]
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---

# [[CPP Do/While Loop]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
This chapter explicitly flags something C's equivalent never called out as its own note: "the semicolon after the while condition is required!" — a small but real syntax trap, since `do {...} while(condition)` LOOKS like it should end like a regular `while` loop (no trailing semicolon), but the `do/while` FORM specifically requires one, unlike every other loop and conditional block in C++. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **`do { ... } while (condition);`** — executes the block ONCE unconditionally, then checks the condition. [S1]
- **Required trailing semicolon** — unlike `while(...) {...}` or `if(...) {...}`, the `do/while` form's closing `while(condition)` MUST end with a semicolon. [S1]
- **Guaranteed first execution** — runs at least once even if the condition is false immediately. [S1]
- **Input-validation pattern** — repeatedly prompting via `cin >>` until the loop condition fails. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
- Standard case with the required semicolon: `int i = 0; do { cout << i << "\n"; i++; } while (i < 5);`. [S1]
- Guaranteed-once case (condition false at start): `int i = 10; do { cout << "i is " << i << "\n"; i++; } while (i < 5);` — still prints once. [S1]
- Practical input-validation loop: `int number; do { cout << "Enter a positive number: "; cin >> number; } while (number > 0);`. [S1]

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
- **do/while 뒤에는 반드시 세미콜론 필요**: while(condition) 뒤에 세미콜론을 빠뜨리기 쉬운 문법적 함정이 있다는 점이 C 챕터에는 없던 별도 주의사항으로 명시됨. [S1]

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
사용자로부터 양수를 입력받되 0이나 음수가 입력될 때까지 반복해서 물어보는 입력 검증 루프가 원문에서 직접 실전 활용 사례로 제시됨. [S1]

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
The required trailing semicolon after a do/while loop's condition (C++):
```cpp
int i = 0;
do {
  cout << i << "\n";
  i++;
}
while (i < 5); // semicolon required here
```

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.85
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[C++ Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[CPP While Loop RealLife]], [[CPP For Loop]], [[C Do While Loop]]
- **참조 맥락:** while 루프의 변형 — for 루프(For Loop) 챕터로 이어짐.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — C++ Do/While Loop — https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/cpp_do_while_loop.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-07-04: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "C++ Do/While Loop" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).