Solidity - 035 WhileLoop

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

pragma solidity ^0.8.9;

/**

 * @title whileLoop

 * @dev Demonstrates the use of a while loop to iterate over a mapping in Solidity.

 * The contract stores block numbers at different instances and provides a function

 * to emit these stored values through an event.

 */

contract whileLoop {

    // Mapping to store block numbers. The key is an incrementing counter, and the value is the block number.

    mapping (uint => uint) blockNumber;

    // Counter to keep track of the number of entries in the mapping.

    uint counter;

    // Event to emit the stored block number.

    event uintNumber(uint);

    /**

     * @dev Stores the current block number in the mapping under the current value of `counter`.

     * Increments `counter` after storing the block number.

     */

    function setNumber() public {

        blockNumber[counter++] = block.number;

    }

    /**

     * @dev Emits the stored block numbers sequentially by iterating over the mapping

     * with a while loop. It starts from the first stored block number and continues

     * until it reaches the last stored block number based on the `counter`.

     */

    function getNumbers() public {

       uint i = 0; // Initialize the index for iteration.

       // While loop to go through each stored block number.

       while (i < counter) {

           // Emit an event with the current block number.

           emit uintNumber(blockNumber[i]);

           i = i + 1; // Increment the index to move to the next block number.

       }

    }

}

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