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Description:: Repeats Code while condition is true. A part of while do construct.
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Example 1:: while {a < b} do {a = a + 1};
Example 2:: A practical example: Repair all members of a group to such a level that they are able to stand up: { while {!canStand _x && alive _x} do { _x setDamage (damage _x - 0.01); }; } forEach units group unitname;

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Posted on May 14, 2008
Kronzky: The boolean code that's used to evaluate the while condition can be preceded by code that executes a regular command.
while {_a =_a + 1; _a < 10} do {...}

Posted on August 30, 2014 - 08:12 (UTC)
Killzone Kid: In non-scheduled environment, while do loop is limited to 10000 iterations, after which it exits even if condition is still true. In scheduled environment no such limit exists.

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 |x1= <code>[[while]] {a < b} [[do]] {a = a + 1};</code>
 |x2= A practical example: Repair all members of a group to such a level that they are able to stand up: <code>{
-     [[while]] {! [[canStand]] [[Magic Variables|_x]] && [[alive]] [[Magic Variables|_x]]} [[do]] {
+     [[while]] {![[canStand]] [[Magic Variables|_x]] && [[alive]] [[Magic Variables|_x]]} [[do]] {
          [[Magic Variables|_x]] [[setDamage]] ([[damage]] [[Magic Variables|_x]] - 0.01);
      };