Loop

Description

Executes the steps between a Loop.Do step and a Loop.End_Loop step, until a Loop.Exit_Loop step is encountered.

Example

This example illustrates a Loop.Do construct.

Type	Action	Recognition
Variable	Set_Value	&Var =0
Loop	Do
Log	Message	The variable is &Var
Conditional	If_Then	&Var>3
Loop	Exit_Loop
Conditional	End-If
Loop	End_Loop

Description

Terminates a Loop.Do or Loop.While construct.

Description

Exits a Loop.Do, Loop.For, or Loop.While construct. Execution continues with the step after the End_Loop step. Typically, a Loop.Exit_Loop step is placed within a conditional construct.

Syntax

&variable=begin_value to end_value;

Description

Executes the steps between a Loop.For step and a Loop.Next step until the expression in the Recognition field evaluates to False, at which point the execution skips to the step immediately after the Loop.Next step.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
&variable	The variable to be used in the comparison. This variable is incremented in the Loop.Next step.
`begin_value`	The starting value.
`end_value`	The ending value.

Description

Terminates a Loop.For construct. Loop.Next increments the variable in the Loop.For step.

Example

This example illustrates using the Loop.For with Loop.Next to terminate the loop.

Type	Action	Recognition
Variable	Set_Value	&Var =0
Loop	For	&Var =1 to 5
Log	Message	The variable is &Var
Loop	Next

Description

Executes the steps between a Loop.While step and a Loop.End_Loop while the expression in the Recognition field evaluates to True.

When the expression evaluates to false, execution skips to the step after the Loop.End_Loop step.

Example

This example illustrates a Loop.While construct.

Type	Action	Recognition
Variable	Set_Value	&Var =0
Loop	While	&Var <=3
Log	Message	The variable is &Var
Variable	Set_Value	&Var = add[&Var\|1]
Loop	End_Loop