1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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The condition for exiting the loop must be entered following either the <emph>Do</emph> or the <emph>Loop</emph> statement. The following examples are valid combinations:</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Syntax</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Do While condition = True</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149203" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">...statement block</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Loop</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">The statement block between the Do While and the Loop statements is repeated so long as the condition is true.</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Do Until condition = True</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">...statement block</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159151" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Loop</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">The statement block between the Do Until and the Loop statements is repeated if the condition so long as the condition is false.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Do</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">...statement block</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Loop While condition = True</paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">The statement block between the Do and the Loop statements repeats so long as the condition is true.</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Do</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">...statement block</paragraph> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Loop Until condition = True</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">The statement block between the Do and the Loop statements repeats until the condition is true.</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149484" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Use the <emph>Exit Do</emph> statement to unconditionally end the loop. You can add this statement anywhere in a <emph>Do</emph>...<emph>Loop</emph> statement. You can also define an exit condition using the <emph>If...Then</emph> structure as follows:</paragraph> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Do...</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">statements</paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">If condition = True Then Exit Do</paragraph> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">statements</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153159" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Loop...</paragraph> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="47">Example</paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Sub ExampleDoLoop</paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim sFile As String</paragraph> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149401" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim sPath As String</paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">sPath = "c:\"</paragraph> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">sFile = Dir$( sPath ,22)</paragraph> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146898" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">If sFile <> "" Then</paragraph> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">Do</paragraph> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">MsgBox sFile</paragraph> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">sFile = Dir$</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Loop Until sFile = ""</paragraph> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">End If</paragraph> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148914" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">End Sub</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 104