Control Structures

repeat while

Supported By

• XION Scripting Language Standard (1.0)
• OpenXION (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
• OpenXION Base (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
• HyperTalk (2.2)

Syntax

repeat while condition
   statementList
[(lastly|then|else)
   statementList]
end repeat

Condition is an expression that always yields true or false.

Example

put one into x
repeat while x <= 10
  put x
  add 1 to x
end repeat

Description

The repeat while structure causes all the statements inside to execute in a loop repeated as long as the condition is true. The condition is checked preceding each iteration of the loop. The statements inside are not executed if the condition is false at the beginning of the loop.

In OpenXION 1.3 and later, the statements under a lastly, then, or else keyword inside a repeat structure will be executed when the loop ends, unless the loop has ended because of an exit, pass, return, or throw.

See Also

repeat, repeat for, repeat for each, repeat foreach, repeat until, repeat with