Do-While-loop

Do-while-loops are loops with a similar behaviour to while-loops, with the main difference being that do-while loops run the statement once before starting evaluating its condition. Afterwards the statement is only run if the CONDITION is met.

Scheduled for release in Kipper v0.12.0

Syntax

do STATEMENT while (CONDITION);

Execution Schema

• Run STATEMENT (Only the first time).
• Check CONDITION, if it exists, before running the STATEMENT again. If CONDITION is false, then the loop will be stopped!
• Run STATEMENT if CONDITION was true.

Examples

// ✓ Simple loop
var var1: num = 0;
do {
  var1++; // This statement is evaluated once at the start even if the condition isn't met
} while (var1 >= 3);
call print(f"'var1' is now '{var1}'"); // -> 'var1' is now '1'

// ✓ Simple loop, where initially the condition isn't met but after the first run it becomes true
var var2: num = 0;
do {
  var2++;
} while (var2 > 0 && var2 <= 25)
call print(f"'var1' is now '{var2}'"); // -> 'var1' is now '26'

// X Infinite Loop - Avoid this, as it results in your program freezing/running forever
do {
  call print("An unnecessary print!");
} while (true)