while

Control flow

Loop while the condition is true. There is no do/while.

Syntax

while (cond) {
}

Name	Type	Description
`cond`	`bool`	Checked before each iteration.

None.

while … do … end

There is no continue. Use nested if or restructure. break leaves the loop.

while (true) {
    post("tick");
    break;
}

Emits:

while true do
  print("tick")
  break
end