# BASIC 256 - Language Documentation

en:while

## While / End While

### Format

while booleanexpression
statement(s)
end while

### Description

Execute the statement(s) inside the while loop until the booleanexpression evaluates to false. While / End While executes the statements zero or more times. The test is done before the code in the loop is executed.

### See Also

Call, Do / Until, End, For / Next, Function, Global, Goto, Gosub, If / Then, Pause, Ref, Rem, Return, Subroutine, While / End While

### Example

    r = 1
    while r < 6
      print r
      r = r + 1
    end while

will display

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

### New To Version

0.9.4g

en/while.txt · Last modified: 2013/01/28 20:04 by admin