1. Control Structures Programs utilize 4 basic control structures
Sequential (default, no special instructions required)
Selection
Repetition
Unconditional Branching
GO TO statement (including break, continue)
subroutine calls (those that involve parameter passing and a return location)
For purposes of local scope and easier syntax, we can add blocks, or compound statements
ALGOL 60 - first language to introduce blocks
Pascal-like languages (including ALGOL) used begin-end
C-like languages use { }
Lisp uses ( )
The last statement is interesting when looking at two classes of languages:
Early languages had an incomplete set of control statements leading to free use of goto statements. This was particularly true of FORTRAN which had no logical if and no logical while loop. Instead, a programmer would construct their own by using the 3-way If statement and GO TO statements. COBOL also lacked in proper looping mechanisms.
PROLOG has all control built-in so that there are explicit control statements.

2. Selection Statements
Gives a program the ability to choose which instruction(s) to next execute based on conditions
Types:
1-Way selection (if statement)
2-Way selection (if-else statement)
3-Way selection (FORTRAN’s early if statement)
multiple selection (or n-way selection, switch/case)
Design issues:
what is the form and type of expression that controls the selection? (C allows 0/non-0, Java/C# allow only boolean)
how are clauses specified if at all?
if nesting is allowed, how is it specified and implemented?

3. One-way Selection One-way: if without else
if condition is true then execute next statement, otherwise skip over it
originally, FORTRAN did not have a true IF statement, but when introduced, it was a One-Way selection only (no Else clause, no nesting)
if the then clause has more than 1, instruction, we alter the semantics of the statement, to what is in essence an “else-goto” rather than, an “if-then”
nearly every language since has allowed two-way selections
If (.NOT. Condition) GOTO 20
I = 1
J = 2
20 Continue

4. Two-Way Selection ALGOL 60 introduced the first true two-way selection
terms “then-clause” & “else-clause” introduced
clauses are expected to be a single instruction to easily detect the end of each clause, otherwise, must use blocks
ALGOL 60 allowed more than one entry into the two-way selection clauses!
in languages where the “then” is omitted, the condition must be placed in ( ) to denote its end

5. Three-Way Selection Only available in FORTRAN
IF (expression) N1, N2, N3
Meaning: if expression < 0 then goto N1, if = 0 goto N2, if > 0 goto N3
This was easy to translate into machine language code
Evaluate expression
JL N1
JE N2
JG N3
This was FORTRAN I-IVs only IF statement!

6. Blocks ALGOL introduced the block structure
in part this allowed multiple instructions for the if/else clause
it also can be used to show where an if clause ends to permit an else (this is what FORTRAN didn’t have)
blocks require delimiters – begin .. end, { }, ( ) (Python uses indentation), here we see an example in ALGOL
if (Boolean expression) then begin statement 1; statement n end;
Ada and FORTRAN 95 have explicit end-type statements (e.g., endif, endfor)

7. Nesting
Nested If-Then-Else statements can lead to ambiguity if there is a miss-match between conditions and else clauses
In Perl, Ruby, ALGOL 60, FORTRAN 77/90/95, Modula-2 and Ada, all clauses must have explicit end statements (even if there is only a single statement in the clause)
this avoids the dangling or mismatched else problem
In C/C++/Java/C# and Pascal, a compiler rule matches mismatched elses with the last unmatched condition
in order to the change this matching behavior, you must use blocks
Example:
if (sum == 0)
if (count==0)
result = 0;
else result = 1;
With this compiler rule
we can do this
if (sum==0) {
if (count==0)
result = 0; }
else result = 1;
Without it,
we would have
to do this

8. Dangling Else Example Example in C if(sum = = 0) if (count = = 0)
if sum = = 0 then
if count = = 0 then
result = 0
else
result = 1
end
Which condition does the else go with?
Is result = 1 if sum != 0
or if sum = = 0 and count != 0?
Example in C
if(sum = = 0)
if (count = = 0)
result = 0;
else result = 1;

9. Multiple Selection Constructs
ALGOL-W introduced the case statement
Pascal, Modula and Ada, FORTRAN 90/95 all use this
C/C++/Java/C# use the switch statement
implementation of the switch differs in that execution continues to test each condition even after a previous action executed – unless you use break statements
to fix this oddity, in C# you must end each case with a break or goto
C# also permits string comparisons
Lisp uses the COND statement which can utilize any form of condition, not just comparing an ordinal to a list of values
all of these allow for a default if none of the cases is selected
default in C-languages, else in Pascal, when others in Ada
Perl/Python don’t have a multi-selection statement at all!
The case/switch statement has a couple of weaknesses over the nested if-else
There is only one value being tested (whereas in a nested if-else, you can have anything you want in the condition)
The value being tested MUST be an ordinal type in most languages
Lisp’s cond statement is far more flexible and allows any type of condition. The cond statement looks like a switch/case statement, but in actuality is much like any nested if-else.

10. Nested If-Else Constructs
Cond in Lisp is really a nested if-then-else function
Lisp also provides a “default” by using T as the final condition
Other languages have provided a specific if-then-else nested construct for convenience
Ada uses elsif if the intention is to do “else if” so that you do not have to explicitly end each if statement with an end if
Python, among other languages uses elif so that you don’t have to continue to indent
Ada without elsif:
if Count < 10 then Bag1 := True;
else
if Count < 100 then Bag2 := True;
if Count < 1000 then
Bag3 := True;
end if;
Ada with elsif:
if Count < 10 then Bag1 := True;
elsif Count < 100 then Bag2 := True;
elsif Count < 1000 then Bag3 := True;
end if;

11. Repetition Statements
Every language has included some form of repetition, either counter-controlled (early FORTRAN), logically-controlled, iterator-based or some combination
Issues:
how is repetition controlled?
is testing before or after the loop body? (pre vs. post test)
where should the control mechanism appear in the loop?
for counter-controlled loops
what are legal types and the scope of the loop control variable?
what happens to the variable when the loop terminates?
can the loop’s controlling variables (terminating value, step-size) be altered during execution?
are the loop controlling variables (terminating value, step-size) evaluated once (before executing the loop) or after each iteration?
what are legal step-sizes (for counter-controlled loops)

12. FORTRAN’s DO statement
DO label variable = initial, terminal [,step]
example: Do 10 K = 1, 10
FORTRAN I – IV: a posttest loop, stepsize defaults to 1
label is a line number that indicates the last instruction in the loop body
this line usually has one instruction called CONTINUE as in
10 CONTINUE
FORTRAN 77, 90 and 95: pretest loop
Integers (literals or variables) only for initial, terminal, step
the values of initial, terminal and step are computed prior to loop execution so that the number of loop iterations is computed at that time and static
if a variable changes values during loop execution, it has no impact on the number of loop iterations

13. Example DO 10 I = J, K * 10, L K = K + 1 L = L + 2 initvalue = J
10 CONTINUE
If J = 1, K = 5, L = 2, the loop would iterate 25 times in spite of K and L changing in the loop body
initvalue = J
terminalvalue = K * 10
stepvalue = L
iterationcount =
max(int((K*10 – J) / L), 1)
In FORTRAN I-IV, this is a post-test
loop so it must iterate at least 1 time, in
later FORTRANs, this would become 0

14. ALGOL For Loop
ALGOL 60 introduced an extremely flexible for loop as a response to FORTRAN’s primitive and restrictive Do
the programmer controls the number of iterations by
a counter controlled mechanism like FORTRAN’s DO but where the step size and terminating value could change during iterations
enumerating a list of values to iterate through
using a logical statement to control termination
or any combination thereof
Basic form:
for <var> := <list>{,<list>}
<list>  <expr>
| <expr> while <boolean>
| <expr> step <expr> until <expr> do <stmt>
<expr> can be a literal value or arithmetic expr

15. Examples for count :=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 do list[count]:=0
for count:= 1 step 1 until 7 do list[count]:=0
for count:=1, count+1 while (count <=7) do list[count]:=0
for I := 1, 4, 13, step 5 until 23, 3*I while I < 300, 8, -4 do …
the values for I iterate through: 1, 4, 13, 18, 23, 69, 207, 8, -4

16. Other Languages For Loops
COBOL
Perform <expr> Times <statements> End-Perform
Perform Varying <var> From <expr> By <expr> Until <expr> <statements> End-Perform
PL/I
DO <var> = <start> TO <stop> {BY <stepsize>}; <statements> END;
<start>, <stop> and <stepsize> can be int or float values
like FORTRAN though, the values are only evaluated once before the loop starts
can have multiple lists of <start> TO <stop> values
DO I = 1 TO 10, 20 to 30, 50 TO 100; …
Ada
for <var> in [reverse] <range> loop ... end loop
<range> is a subrange as in (the values can be ints or enumerated types)

17. Continued
Pascal
for <var> := <init> (to | downto) <final> do
<var>, <init>, <final> are any ordinal type but are evaluated prior to the start of the loop
step size is fixed as 1 or -1 (-1 for downto)
Common Lisp: (do ((<var> <init> <step>)) ((<endtest> {. <result>})) <statements>)
<init>, <step>, <endtest> and <result> can be functions or atoms
<result> if specified is returned when the loop exits as this function’s return value (otherwise the last <statements>’s result is returned)
<var>’s scope is only for the loop itself
Common Lisp also has the DOTIMES loop for a true counting loop

18. Iterator Loops
Iterate once for each item in the specified list (or data structure)
Algol’s for loop has the capability of iterating over a list, but the list must be explicitly enumerated
Python: for <var> in <range>:
<range> will be a tuple or range(value [, value] [, value])
note that Python’s for loop can also be a counting loop by using the range function as in for x in range(0, 10, 2) which iterates over 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
C# has a foreach statement which can iterate across array elements
Java 5.0’s for loop has been enhanced to work on objects of type Iterable
Common Lisp has a dolist statement much like C#’s foreach

19. Logically Controlled Loops
Issues
pretest vs. posttest (test condition before entry or after execution?)
pre-test can block entry to loop body, post-test must execute body at least once
in C, C++ and Java, the post-test loop has the same semantics as the pre-test loop: repeat while the condition is true
in Pascal, the semantics are reversed: repeat until condition becomes false
C-like languages, Pascal, Modula-2 have both pretest and posttest loops
Ada only has posttest
FORTRAN has no logically controlled loop (even FORTRAN 95)
is this type of statement separate from the counter-controlled loop?

20. Exiting Loops
Should exiting a loop only be permitted at the end when the test returns false or can premature exiting (and returning) be permitted?
Ada has a conditional-less loop (infinite loop) which requires a GOTO to break out of
loop ... end loop
C/C++/Java/C# and Modula-2 have break, continue, exit (all forms of GOTO statements)
Java has break and exit but not continue
Multiple exits harm readability
exception handling is a more reliable and readable way to go
COBOL has an odd form of exception handling in loops
Perform <paragraph> Thru <paragraph>
both paragraphs are executed, if an error arises in the first paragraph, control exits to the second paragraph
I personally am opposed to using break and continue statements in C-language code because it is equivalent to using GO TO statements and demonstrates laziness in programming. Consider these loops:
while(x > 0) {
scanf(“%d”, &x);
if(x= = 0) break;
printf(“%f\n”, 1 / x); }
Why use a break statement when the programmer could just rearrange the loop to work appropriately?
while(x != 0) {
if(x < 0) continue;
sum+=x;
Again, better logic would allow us to skip the continue statement. Programmers, especially C hackers, tend to be lazy and find the use of break and continue to be irresistible. But it fosters poor logic.

21. Problems with Unconditional Branching
Can make programs unreadable, harms readability and reliability making maintenance more challenging
The GO TO statement is too primitive
“it is an invitation to make a mess of one’s program”
GOTO statements are required in assembly/machine code because they do not have the high-level language constructs, but the high level languages should offer these constructs and let the compiler do the work
Most languages have some form of GOTO statement
Modula-2, Bliss, CLU, Euclid, Gypsy do not!
Java has a GOTO, but it hasn’t been implemented (yet)
What we learned from FORTRAN was that the GOTO is not needed if you have good control statements
Note: we are skipping section 8.5 on Guarded Commands. Graduate students should read the material, you might find it interesting.

22. GOTO Labels
Used in ALGOL 60, C, FORTRAN and Ada as locations for GOTO commands
in Ada, <<label>>
in FORTRAN and Pascal, unsigned integer constant (20, 100, etc...)
in Pascal, labels must be declared as if they were variables (but cannot be modified or passed as a parameter)
in C, ALGOL 60, any legal identifier
Most languages restrict the use of unconditional branches with respect to which label can be reached
in Pascal, the scope of the label is the same as the scope of a variable and the target of the GOTO must be
within the control statement that includes the GOTO or
a statement in the same group that contains the GOTO or
in a statement in an enclosing subprogram scope