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{{command header|Flow Control}}
 
{{command header|Flow Control}}
{{body|repeat { } until { expression }|The ''repeat..until'' control structure executes the code block between the statements, and then evaluates the expression. This will make it so that [[repeat..until]] loops will always execute the code within the loop at least once. This command differs from the [[while]] command because the expression is evaluated prior to the code inside the code block, where [[while]] evaluates the expression after executing it's code block.}}
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{{body|repeat { } until ( expression )|The ''repeat..until'' control structure executes the code block between the statements, and then evaluates the expression. This will make it so that [[repeat..until]] loops will always execute the code within the loop at least once. This command differs from the [[while]] command because the expression is evaluated prior to the code inside the code block, where [[while]] evaluates the expression after executing it's code block.}}
  
 
==== Example ====
 
==== Example ====
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
set %str Hello , #spc , World  
 
set %str Hello , #spc , World  
repeat  
+
repeat
 +
{
 
   set %str %str , !  
 
   set %str %str , !  
   str len %str  
+
   str len %str
 +
}
 
until #strres >= 30  
 
until #strres >= 30  
 
display ok %str  
 
display ok %str  

Revision as of 17:59, 18 March 2006

Synopsis

repeat { } until ( expression )

Description

The repeat..until control structure executes the code block between the statements, and then evaluates the expression. This will make it so that repeat..until loops will always execute the code within the loop at least once. This command differs from the while command because the expression is evaluated prior to the code inside the code block, where while evaluates the expression after executing it's code block.

Example

set %str Hello , #spc , World 
repeat
{
  set %str %str , ! 
  str len %str
}
until #strres >= 30 
display ok %str 
halt

The example above illustrates the difference between a repeat..until loop and a while loop. the exclamation point will always be concatinated to the end of the %str variable, and str len will be executed once before the test for #strRes >= 30 is first evaluated.

See also

Main Page Documentation