WHILE

Repeats an action while a condition is true.

WHILE numeric-expression

statements

END WHILE

Usage:

100 WHILE X<1000

. . .

200 END WHILE

Example: WHILE.BAS

Description:

The WHILE expression is evaluated and if false (zero), execution continues with the statement following the END WHILE. If true (non-zero), then the statements in the WHILE loop are executed. When the END WHILE is reached, execution branches back to the WHILE statement where the expression is again evaluated.

See Also:

FOR, LOOP, REPEAT