Re: BBC and DEFINT etc [Was: Using GOTO]

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> On Sep 9, 5:28 pm, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> It is clear that a REPEAT..UNTIL (or DO..WHILE) loop performs the test
> at the end of the loop, and hence must execute the body of the loop at
> least once.

In current MS BASICs and the ANSI/ISO standard,

LET x = 9
DO WHILE x < 7
    PRINT x
LOOP

skips the loop but

LET x = 9
DO
    PRINT x
LOOP WHILE x < 7

prints 9 then exits the loop

Tom Lake