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VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language
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VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language

by Paul Lomax
October 1998
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
16h 10m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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While...Wend Statement

Named Arguments

No

Syntax

While condition
   [statements]
Wend

condition

Use: Required

Data Type: Numeric or String

An expression evaluating to True or False.

statements

Use: Optional

Program statements to execute while condition remains True.

Description

Repeatedly executes program code while a given condition remains True.

Rules at a Glance

  • A Null condition is evaluated as False.

  • If condition evaluates to True, the program code between the While and Wend statements is executed. After the Wend statement is executed, control is passed back up to the While statement, where condition is evaluated again. When condition evaluates to False, program execution skips to the first statement following the Wend statement.

  • You can nest While...Wend loops within each other.

Programming Tips and Gotchas

The While...Wend statement remains in Visual Basic for backward compatibility only. It has been superseded by the much more flexible Do...Loop statement.

See Also

Do...Loop Statement
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