while

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NAME

while - Execute script repeatedly as long as a condition is met  

SYNOPSIS

while test body

 

DESCRIPTION

The while command evaluates test as an expression (in the same way that expr evaluates its argument). The value of the expression must a proper boolean value; if it is a true value then body is executed by passing it to the Tcl interpreter. Once body has been executed then test is evaluated again, and the process repeats until eventually test evaluates to a false boolean value. Continue commands may be executed inside body to terminate the current iteration of the loop, and break commands may be executed inside body to cause immediate termination of the while command. The while command always returns an empty string.

 

KEYWORDS

boolean value, loop, test, while


 

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