In this chapter you’ll:

• Learn the essentials of counter-controlled iteration.

• Use the for and do…while iteration statements to execute statements in a program repeatedly.

• Understand multiple selection using the switch selection statement.

• Use the break and continue program-control statements to alter the flow of control.

• Use the logical operators to form compound conditions in control statements.

• Understand the representational errors associated with using floating-point data types to hold monetary values.

• Understand some of the challenges of processing monetary amounts as we begin building a DollarAmount class, which uses integers and integer arithmetic to represent and manipulate monetary amounts.