title: WHILE slug: docs-sb3-while system: SmileBASIC 3 type: command category: Basic instructions (control and branching) source: InstructionList.pdf forms: 1 scraped: 2026-06-21 #

WHILE #

Category: Basic instructions (control and branching)

Repeats the process up to WEND while the condition is satisfied

Exits the loop if the condition is not satisfied or when the BREAK instruction is executed

WHILE Conditional expression

Item	Description
`The same conditional expressions as in IF statements can be specified`
`Comparison<br>Operators`	== Equal to != Not equal to > Greater than < Smaller than >= Equal to or greater than <= Equal to or smaller than
`Logical operators<br>(for comparison<br>with multiple<br>conditions)`	(Condition 1 AND Condition 2) Both of the two conditions must be satisfied (Condition 1 && Condition 2) Both of the two conditions must be satisfied (Condition 1 OR Condition 2) Either of the two conditions must be satisfied (Condition 1 \|\| Condition 2) Either of the two conditions must be satisfied * The key "\|\|" can be found to the upper left of ? on your keyboard.

A=0:B=4
WHILE A<B
 A=A+1
WEND