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