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while Statement

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The while statement executes a particular section of code repeatedly until an expression evaluates to false.

Syntax

while (condition)
{
     statement_block;
}

Placeholder	Description
condition	The condition whose falsehood is used to determine when to stop executing the loop
statement_block	One or more statements to be executed while condition is true

Returns

Not applicable

Usage

The condition must be enclosed in parentheses. If expression is true, the Siebel eScript interpreter executes the statement_block following it. Then the interpreter tests the expression again. A while loop repeats until condition evaluates to false, and the program continues after the code associated with the while statement.

Example

The following fragment illustrates a while statement with two lines of code in a statement block:

while(ThereAreUncalledNamesOnTheList() != false)
{
   var name = GetNameFromTheList();
   SendEmail(name);
}

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