repeat loop

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repeat loop - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  repeat loop
  do loop
  repeat
  
     <programming> (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many
     imperative programming languages which repeatedly executes
     some instructions while a condition is true.
  
     It is found in Pascal, BASIC and C ("do" form). The
     condition may be tested with a "while" or "until" keyword.
  
     In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed
     once before the condition is tested.  This is useful when the
     condition depends on the action of the loop body.  In the
     following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact
     that the condition is false;
  
      i = 2
      repeat
        print "Hello"
        i = i+1
      until i>0
  
     See also while loop and for loop.
  
     (1999-05-06)