while loop

English

Etymology

From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose.

Noun

Examples (C++)
while( x<10 ) { cout<<x; x++; }

while loop (plural while loops)

1. (programming) A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met.

Translations

section of code

Chinese: Cantonese: while迴圈 / while回圈 (while wui4 hyun1) Mandarin: while循環 / while循环 (while xúnhuán), while迴圈 / while回圈 (huíquān) Danish: while-loop n, while-løkke c French: boucle while f German: while-Schleife f Spanish: bucle mientras m, bucle while m

See also

• do loop
• do-while loop
• for loop