::I wish we had a do ... repeat statement!!!

Dave dave at looktowindward.com
Wed Apr 18 11:52:39 EDT 2007


Hi,

I think that should do it, although it's still not as nice as the  
do ... while form IMO.

All the Best
Dave

On 18 Apr 2007, at 11:30, xavier.bury at clearstream.com wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> The repeat statement you want is the same as
>
> repeat
>   do stuff
>   if x < 0 then exit repeat
> end repeat
>
> or am I missing something obvious?
>
> Regards,
> ---------------------=---------------------
> Xavier
>
> use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com wrote on 18/04/2007 12:02:26:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just finished coding one of the most complicated multiple loops
>> I've ever had to do! I must say that the amount of code that I had to
>> write could have been cut down quite a lot if RunRev had a do <this>
>> repeat while statement.
>>
>> In C the syntax is:
>>
>> while (x > 0)
>>     {
>>     do these statements
>>     }
>>
>> Which in RunRev is roughly equivalent to:
>>
>> repeat while x > 0
>>     do these statements
>> end repeat
>>
>> But C also has this structure:
>>
>> do
>>     {
>>     do these statements
>>     }
>> while (x > 0)
>>
>> which AFAIK doesn't have a RunRev equivalent.
>>
>> Would be so nice to have something like:
>>
>>
>> dorepeat
>>
>>     do these statements
>>
>> dorepeat while x > 0
>>
>> So whatever syntax works better!
>>
>> All the Best
>> Dave
>>
>>
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