For loop

Question

I tried putting a semicolon after a for loop with no body and it WORKS!
here is the structure:
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++,cout<<i<<endl);

My question is WHY??

Answer 1

Because a null statement is legal and there are times you want to make use of it. I would have reversed your expressions to output the numbers 1 to 5 instead of 2 to 6.

Answer 2

got it, Thanks.

Answer 3

Technically the increment part is part of the body. The i++ is executed at the end of the code you have inside the body.