WHILE

WHILE creates a loop that continue to repeat whilst the given <condition> is TRUE.

Also supports an optional parameter for a new variable that keeps count of the current iteration, which is zero based.

Syntax

WHILE <optional: count declaration>,<condition>
    <codeblock>

Numeric Conditional

DucklingScript

VAR a 10
WHILE a!=15
    VAR a a+1
    $STRING a

Compiled

STRING 11
STRING 12
STRING 13
STRING 14
STRING 15

String Conditional

DucklingScript

VAR a ""
WHILE a!="eee":
    VAR a a+"e"
    $STRING a

Compiled

STRING e
STRING ee
STRING eee

Counter

DucklingScript

VAR a 10
WHILE counter,a!=15
    VAR a a+1
    $STRING a*counter

Compiled

STRING 0
STRING 12
STRING 26
STRING 42
STRING 60

warning

Please note that there is a limit to while loops; while loops will eventually error if they run too many times.