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The condition for exiting the loop must be entered following either the <emph>Do</emph> or the <emph>Loop</emph> statement. The following examples are valid combinations:</paragraph> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Syntax</paragraph> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Do While condition = True</paragraph> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149203" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">...statement block</paragraph> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Loop</paragraph> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">The statement block between the Do While and the Loop statements is repeated so long as the condition is true.</paragraph> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Do Until condition = True</paragraph> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">...statement block</paragraph> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159151" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Loop</paragraph> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">The statement block between the Do Until and the Loop statements is repeated if the condition so long as the condition is false.</paragraph> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Do</paragraph> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">...statement block</paragraph> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Loop While condition = True</paragraph> 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">The statement block between the Do and the Loop statements repeats so long as the condition is true.</paragraph> 83*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Do</paragraph> 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">...statement block</paragraph> 85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Loop Until condition = True</paragraph> 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">The statement block between the Do and the Loop statements repeats until the condition is true.</paragraph> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149484" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Use the <emph>Exit Do</emph> statement to unconditionally end the loop. You can add this statement anywhere in a <emph>Do</emph>...<emph>Loop</emph> statement. You can also define an exit condition using the <emph>If...Then</emph> structure as follows:</paragraph> 88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Do...</paragraph> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">statements</paragraph> 90*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">If condition = True Then Exit Do</paragraph> 91*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">statements</paragraph> 92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153159" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Loop...</paragraph> 93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="47">Example</paragraph> 94*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Sub ExampleDoLoop</paragraph> 95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim sFile As String</paragraph> 96*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149401" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim sPath As String</paragraph> 97*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">sPath = "c:\"</paragraph> 98*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">sFile = Dir$( sPath ,22)</paragraph> 99*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146898" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">If sFile <> "" Then</paragraph> 100*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">Do</paragraph> 101*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">MsgBox sFile</paragraph> 102*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">sFile = Dir$</paragraph> 103*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Loop Until sFile = ""</paragraph> 104*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">End If</paragraph> 105*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148914" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">End Sub</paragraph> 106*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 107*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 108