While

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While

Control flow statement.

Syntax

Do While condition
[statement block]
Loop
Do
[statement block]
Loop While condition
While [condition]
[statement block]

Description

While specifies that a loop block will continue if the condition following it evaluates as true. This condition is checked during each loop iteration.

Remarks

Differences from QB

• None, except for the End While syntax (equivalent to Wend) specific to FreeBASIC.

See also

• Do...Loop
• While...Wend (Or 'While...End While')

Examples

Dim a As Integer

a = 0

Do While a < 10

    Print "hello"

a = a + 1

Loop

'This will continue to print "hello" on the screen while the condition (a < 10) is met.

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