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Control Structures

Control structures are fundamental elements in most programming languages that facilitate the flow of control through a program. There are three main types of control structures: Sequential, Selection and Iteration.

• Sequential control structures are the default mode where instructions happen one after another.
• Selection control structures (often called "conditional" or "decision" structures) allow one set of instructions to be executed if a condition is true and another if it's false. These typically include if...else statements.
• Iteration control structures (also known as loops) allow a block of code to be repeated multiple times. Common loop structures include for, while, and do...while loops. All these control structures play a vital role in shaping the program logic.