Syntax

While condition
  [statements]
Wend

Description

Repeats a statement or group of statements while a condition is True.

Comments

The condition is initially and then checked at the top of each iteration through the loop.

Example

This example executes a While loop until the random number generator returns a value of 1.

Sub Main()

  x% = 0
  count% = 0
  While x% <> 1 And count% < 500
    x% = Rnd(1)
    If count% > 1000 Then
      Exit Sub
    Else
      count% = count% + 1
    End If
  Wend
  MsgBox "The loop executed " & count% & " times."
End Sub

See Also

Do...Loop (statement); For...Next (statement).

Note:

Due to errors in program logic, you can inadvertently create infinite loops in your code. You can break out of infinite loops using Ctrl+Break.

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