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28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">While...Wend Statement[Runtime]</title>
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32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <section id="whilewend">
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150400"><bookmark_value>While;While...Wend loop</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph id="hd_id3150400" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090203.xhp" name="While...Wend Statement[Runtime]">While...Wend Statement[Runtime]</link></paragraph>
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211" l10n="U" oldref="2">When a program encounters a While statement, it tests the condition. If the condition is False, the program continues directly following the Wend statement. If the condition is True, the loop is executed until the program finds Wend and then jumps back to the<emph> While </emph>statement. If the condition is still True, the loop is executed again.</paragraph>
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  </section>
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3" id="par_id3151041" l10n="U" role="paragraph">Unlike the <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090201.xhp" name="Do...Loop">Do...Loop</link> statement, you cannot cancel a <emph>While...Wend</emph> loop with <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090412.xhp" name="Exit">Exit</link>. Never exit a While...Wend loop with <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090302.xhp" name="GoTo">GoTo</link>, since this can cause a run-time error.</paragraph>
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">A Do...Loop is more flexible than a While...Wend.</paragraph>
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3155133" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Syntax:</paragraph>
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="6">While Condition [Statement] Wend</paragraph>
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3153139" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Example:</paragraph>
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159153" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8">Sub ExampleWhileWend</paragraph>
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151114" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="9">Dim stext As String</paragraph>
50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153143" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10">Dim iRun As Integer</paragraph>
51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="11">sText =&quot;This is a short text&quot;</paragraph>
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154011" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">iRun = 1</paragraph>
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147215" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13">while iRun &lt; Len(sText)</paragraph>
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147427" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14">if Mid(sText,iRun,1 )&lt;&gt; &quot; &quot; then Mid( sText ,iRun, 1, Chr( 1 + Asc( Mid(sText,iRun,1 )) )</paragraph>
55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">iRun = iRun + 1</paragraph>
56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152939" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">Wend</paragraph>
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">MsgBox sText,0,&quot;Text encoded&quot;</paragraph>
58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145251" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="18">end sub</paragraph>
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