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while
Description
A while loop will loop continuously, and infinitely, until the condition inside the parenthesis, () becomes false. Something must change the tested variable, or the while loop will never exit. This could be in your code, such as an incremented variable, or an external condition, such as testing a sensor.
Syntax
while (condition) {
// statement(s);
}
If there is only one statement, the curly braces can be omitted.
while (condition)
// a single statement;
Parameter Values
- condition: a boolean expression that evaluates to true or false.
Example Code
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("====== TEST START ======");
int i = 0;
while (i < 5) {
Serial.print("Inside the WHILE loop: i = ");
Serial.println(i);
i++; // increase i by 1
}
Serial.println("====== TEST END ========");
}
void loop() {
}
In the example above, the code in the loop will run, over and over again, as long as a variable (i) is less than 5.
The result on Serial Monitor:
COM6
====== TEST START ======
Inside the WHILE loop: i = 0
Inside the WHILE loop: i = 1
Inside the WHILE loop: i = 2
Inside the WHILE loop: i = 3
Inside the WHILE loop: i = 4
====== TEST END ========
Autoscroll
Clear output
9600 baud
Newline
※ NOTES AND WARNINGS:
- When you know exactly how many times you want to loop through a block of code, use the for loop instead of a while loop.
- The following while loop loops forever:
while (true) {
// statement(s)
}
See Also
- Language : break
- Language : continue
- Language : do...while
- Language : else
- Language : for
- Language : goto
- Language : if
- Language : return
- Language : switch...case
- Example : While Loop
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