// using "showMessageDialog" to stop along the way as a "debugging" tool
// while loop example #3

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class while_loop_3 {

   public static void main( String[] args )
   {
      int counter = 1;	
      	
		// value of counter after it is primed
       JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
       "The value of counter now is " + counter, "Input Window Demo", 
        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
        
	  while (counter <= 10) {
	  	System.out.println("I will not fly any more paper airplanes in this room.");

		// value of counter for each iteration of the loop as it is updated
       JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
      "The value of counter now is " + counter, "Input Window Demo", 
       JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
       counter++;
	 }
		// value of counter after the loop test fails
	   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
       "The value of counter now is " + counter, "Input Window Demo", 
        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
        
      System.exit( 0 );   // terminate application
   } // end main
} // end of program