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  3: Invocation
  4: Finer Control
  5: X-Y Plots
  6: Contour Plots
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  8: Examples
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  10: Programming
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  13: History
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  18: Acknowledgments
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9.3.52: `while'


`while .test.|{rpn ...}'

Perform statements in loop while the value of `.test.' or the RPN expression is nonzero. The end of the loop designated by a line containing the words `end while'. The value `.test.' may be an rpn expression. To leave the loop prematurely, use a `break' statement. Upon encountering a `break' statement, Gri jumps to the line immediately following the loop. If the `-chatty' option is nonzero, a notification is printed every 1000 passes through the loop, as a debugging measure to catch unintended infinite loops.

Examples:

  • Loop forever, printing a message over and over.

    
    while 1
      show "This loops forever. Need to 'break'"
    end while
    

  • Repeatedly read two numbers, and plot a bullet at the indicated location. If (or, hopefully, ``when'') the end of the file is encountered, break out of the loop; otherwise continue plotting forever.

    
    while 1
      read .x. .y.
      if ..eof..
        break
      end if
      draw symbol bullet at .x. .y.
    end while
    

  • Loop 10 times, printing the values of `.i.' as they range 0, 1, ..., 9. After exiting from the loop, `.i.' will equal 10. Be careful to use the correct rpn greater-than test to avoid an infinite loop.

    
    .i. = 0
    while {rpn .i. 10 >}
      show .i.
      .i. += 1
    end while
    

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