WHILE

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WHILE condition
   …
END

or

DO WHILE condition
   …
END

Provided that the conditional expression condition holds true, the commands in the block enclosed by the WHILE, or DO WHILE, and the corresponding END statement are repeatedly executed until condition becomes false.

To put it more bluntly: The condition is always tested on the begin of the loop, that is, before executing the respective block of commands. With STx, there is no explicit loop statement checking its condition at the end of the loop, but if this is what you are longing for, you will find relief by combining the FOREVER statement with an appropriate IF, and BREAK, statement.

Note that it is perfectly legal to prematurely leave a loop with a GOTO statement, though, generally, GOTO is considered harmful.

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