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Yes, sometimes it is possible. It depends on what the nested loop actually does of course, but there are cases where a single loop can achieve the same end.

For instance, the following nested loop prints the product of each pair of values in the range 1 to 10:

for( int x=1; x<=10; ++x )

for( int y=1; y<=10; ++y )

printf( "%d * %d = %d\r\n", x, y, x*y );

This could be written as a single loop:

for( int z=0; z<100; ++z )

{

int x = z/10+1;

int y = z%10+1;

printf( "%d * %d = %d\r\n", x, y, x*y );

}

Note that the nested loop is easier to read and maintain and is also much more efficient than the merged loop.

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'Standard' for statement:

for (exp1; exp2; exp3) statement

'Nested' for statement:

for (exp1; exp2; exp3) statement

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