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I dont understand the meaning of "while loop"

who can explain me please in simple words
(using a pseudocode maybe)

thanks

In the example above, as long as %i is less than 20 the
script will keep looping, once 20 is reached the loop breaks
and continues with the rest of the script. As you can see,
the value of %i is increased with each loop.

The principle of a while loop is that "while" the case inside the () brackets is true, the commands inside the {} brackets will be executed. You can think of it as an IF statement that keeps happening until the (statement) is $false. You usually see while-loops used to loop through a series of numbers. However, they can be used for anything where the code needs to be repeated until a statement is met. If the statement contains variables, they are usually changed (set/incremented/decremented) from within the loop's command section (as the example above). You could also have identifiers in the statement (like $ctime). While-loops, in other languages, have more uses than in mIRC (such as physical delays). Such delays can't be used in mIRC as they lock up the GUI.



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