Name

while:core — compiling primitive

Synopsis

FORTH

WHILE ( cond -- )();
p4:"while";

Description

middle part of a BEGIN .. WHILE .. REPEAT control-loop - if cond is true the code-piece up to REPEAT is executed which will then jump back to BEGIN - and if the cond is null then WHILE will branch to right after the REPEAT (compare with UNTIL that forms a BEGIN .. UNTIL loop)

dpANS .6.1.2430 - standard forth word