The {{KW|WHILE...WEND}} statement is used to repeat a block of statements while the condition is met.


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:{{KW|WHILE}} {{Parameter|condition}}
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:{{KW|WEND}}


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* {{Parameter|condition}} is a numeric expression used to determine if the loop will execute.
* {{Parameter|statements}} will execute repeatedly while {{Parameter|condition}} is a non-zero value.
* [[EXIT WHILE]] can be used for emergency exits from the loop.
* Use [[_CONTINUE]] to skip the remaining lines in the iteration without leaving the loop.
* A [[DO...LOOP]] can use the same DO WHILE condition to get the same results.
* WHILE loops only run if the WHILE condition is True.


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''Example 1:'' Reading an entire file. Example assumes the program has a [[OPEN|file opened]] as #1

{{CodeStart}}  '' ''
{{Cl|OPEN}} "Readme.txt" {{Cl|FOR (file statement)|FOR}} {{Cl|INPUT}} {{Cl|AS}} #1
{{Cl|WHILE...WEND|WHILE}} {{Cl|NOT}} {{Cl|EOF}}(1)
    {{Cl|_LIMIT}} 1                                    'limit line prints to one per second 
    {{Cl|LINE INPUT (file statement)|LINE INPUT #}}1, text$
    {{Cl|IF}} {{Cl|INKEY$}} = {{Cl|CHR$}}(27) {{Cl|THEN}} {{Cl|EXIT WHILE}}        'ESC key exits
    {{Cl|PRINT}} text$
{{Cl|WEND}} '' ''
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''Example 2:'' Clearing the keyboard buffer.
{{CodeStart}} '' ''
{{Cl|WHILE}} {{Cl|INKEY$}} <> "" : {{Cl|WEND}} '' ''
{{CodeEnd}}


{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[DO...LOOP]]
* [[FOR...NEXT]]
* [[UNTIL]] (condition)
* [[_CONTINUE]]


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