# WHILE ... WEND Statement

#### Purpose:

To execute a series of statements in a loop as long as a given condition is true.

#### Syntax:

    WHILE expression
    .
    .
    .
    [loop statements]
    .
    .
    .
    END

#### Comments:

If expression is nonzero (true), loop statements are executed until the WEND statement is encountered. GW-BASIC then returns to the WHILE statement and checks expression. If it is still true, the process is repeated.

If it is not true, execution resumes with the statement following the WEND statement.

WHILE and WEND loops may be nested to any level. Each WEND matches the most recent WHILE.

An unmatched WHILE statement causes a "WHILE without WEND" error. An unmatched WEND statement causes a "WEND without WHILE" error.

#### Examples:

    90 'BUBBLE SORT ARRAY A$
    100 FLIPS=1
    110 WHILE FLIPS
    115 FLIPS=0
    120 FOR N=1 TO J-1
    130 IF A$(N)>A$(N+1) THEN SWAP A$(N), A$(N+1): FLIPS=1
    140 NEXT N
    150 WEND