{{fbdoc item="title" value="WHILE"}}----
Control flow statement.

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	Do **While** //condition//
		[//statement block//]
	Loop
//or//
	Do
		[//statement block//]
	Loop **While** //condition//
//or//
	**While** [//condition//]
		[//statement block//]
	**Wend**
##
{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	##**While**## specifies that a loop block will continue if the ##//condition//## following it evaluates as true. This ##//condition//## is checked during each loop iteration.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
	{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/control/while.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Dim a As Integer

a = 0
Do While a < 10
	Print "hello"
a = a + 1
Loop

'This will continue to print "hello" on the screen while the condition (a < 10) is met.
	%%
{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- None

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgDoloop|Do...Loop]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgWhilewend|While...Wend]]##

{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgMisc|Miscellaneous"}}