Re: (cast) iteration not working???

From: Sudsy (bitbucket44_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:01:33 -0500

hilz wrote:
<snip>
> but that is still not the same as "until"
> "until" keeps the control in the loop until the condition is met.
> "while" keeps the control in the loop while the condition is met
> so to get the "until" effect using a "while", you will have to reverse the
> "while" condition. A "do..while" construct does not do that.

Then use the shortcut for(;;until_condition){}. There are always
equivalents in most languages, Java included... ;-)

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