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Example 3: Write a program to accept name and age of a user and display whether the user is eligible
to vote or not.

The code and sample output for the example are given below.

Looping Statements

A Looping Statement or Loop is used to execute an instruction or a group of instructions multiple
times or until a specific condition is satisfied. Each execution of the set of instructions through a loop
is called an Iteration. Small Basic uses two types of looping statements:

(a) For...EndFor Loop
The For...EndFor loop, or For loop, statement is used to execute a set of instructions a specific number
of times. It is useful when the number of iterations is known beforehand. The For...EndFor loop lets
you define a variable for the number of iterations, called the counter variable, and assign it an initial

and final value.
The For loop executes till the value of the counter variable is less than or equal to its final value. After
each iteration, Small Basic increments the value of the counter variable by the stepvalue as specified
after the Step keyword. The default value for Step is 1. The loop terminates when the value of the
counter variable exceeds its final value. The syntax for the For...EndFor loop is:

For VariableName = InitialValue to FinalValue Step stepvalue
<instructions to be executed>
EndFor

(b) While…EndWhile Loop

The While...EndWhile loop, or While loop, is used to execute a set of instructions repeatedly based
on a condition. The While loop executes till the specified condition evaluates to True. It is useful
when the number of repetitions is not known beforehand. The While...EndWhile loop uses a counter
variable which was already defined earlier. The value of the counter variable is incremented inside
the While loop. There is no final value fo the counter variable in the While loop. The loop terminates
when the specified condition evaluates to False. The syntax for the While...EndWhile loop is:

While (Loop Condition)

<instructions to be executed>
<Counter variable increment statement>
EndWhile

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