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while
(programming)The loop construct found in nearly all
procedural languages which executes one or more instructions
(the "loop body") repeatedly so long as some condition
evaluates to true. In contrast to a repeat loop, the loop
body will not be executed at all if the condition is false on
entry to the while.
For example, in C, a while loop is written
while (<expr>) <statement>;
where <expr> is any expression and <statement> is any statement, including a compound statement within braces "..".
For example, in C, a while loop is written
while (<expr>) <statement>;
where <expr> is any expression and <statement> is any statement, including a compound statement within braces "..".