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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">While...Wend Statement</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark_value>While;While...Wend loop</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>While;While Wend loop</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150400"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090203.xhp">While...Wend Statement</link></h1>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211">When a program encounters a <literal>While</literal> statement, it tests the condition. If the condition is <literal>False</literal>, the program continues directly following the <literal>Wend</literal> statement. If the condition is <literal>True</literal>, the loop is executed until the program finds <literal>Wend</literal> and then jumps back to the <emph>While</emph> statement. If the condition is still <literal>True</literal>, the loop is executed again.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151041" role="paragraph">Unlike the <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090201.xhp">Do...Loop</link> statement, you cannot cancel a <emph>While...Wend</emph> loop with <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090412.xhp">Exit</link>. Never exit a <literal>While...Wend</literal> loop with <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090302.xhp">GoTo</link>, since this can cause a run-time error.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US">A <literal>Do...Loop</literal> is more flexible than a <literal>While...Wend.</literal></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147288" localize="false">While Condition [statements] Wend</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3159153" localize="false">Sub ExampleWhileWend</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151114" localize="false"> Dim stext As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153143" localize="false"> Dim iRun As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US"> sText ="This is a short text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154011" localize="false"> iRun = 1</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147215" localize="false"> While iRun < Len(sText)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147427" localize="false"> If Mid(sText,iRun,1 )<> " " Then Mid( sText ,iRun, 1) = Chr( 1 + Asc( Mid(sText,iRun,1 )) )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3149665" localize="false"> iRun = iRun + 1</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3152939" localize="false"> Wend</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sText,0,"Text encoded"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3145251">End Sub</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id161588865796615"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090201.xhp">Do...Until</link> or <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090201.xhp">Do...While</link> statement</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id281588865818334"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090412.xhp">Exit</link> statement</paragraph>
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