criteria to use a while-loop

I want to compare the difference between a for-loop and a while-loop.

What are criteria to use a while-loop?

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

"What are criteria to use a while-loop?"

If you don't know when the condition is satisfied.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/66814-for-loops-vs-while-loops

https://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2007/08/29/for-versus-while/

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

As a general rule, you will use a for loop when you know ahead of time how many iterations you want, and a while loop when you don't, but instead base the number of iterations on some condition that will get triggered during the loop itself.