while

Arbortext Command Language > Commands > while

while

while (condition) {cmds}

This command repeats the commands listed as long as the given condition is true.

cmds is a list of one or more commands. The list must be enclosed in curly braces. condition is a logical expression describing the case in which these commands are to be executed.

It is essential that the commands that are executed are ones that eventually change the condition so that it is no longer true. Otherwise, Arbortext Editor will stop responding, being in an infinite loop.

Examples

find -t '<emphasis>Editor</emphasis>'
while ($status == 0) {
delete_mark; insert_entity ed; find
}