| while | Keyword

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Repeats execution while the condition is true.

Keyword `while` is the most general loop statemens. It uses the following syntax:

    while (expression) statement

statement is executed repeatedly as long as the value of expression remains nonzero. The test takes place before each execution of the statement. For example,

    while (*p == ' ') p++;

Of course, statement may be a compound statement as well.