For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training. We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.
Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!
I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here)) |
repeat until in Lua - a one or more rather than a zero or more loop
The "repeat until" structure in Lua provides a loop with condition checking at the end - in other words, it's a "one or more times" loop, unlike while which is a "zero or more times" loop.
Syntax - straightforward; example:
repeat
io.write("How many people? ")
said = tonumber(io.read())
until said
note - no do, no then and no end. Sample program [here]. (written 2015-11-05)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles U103 - Lua - Conditionals and loops [1685] Short circuit evaluation (lazy operator) in Lua - (2008-06-22) [1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ... - (2008-07-04) [1738] Clean code, jump free (Example in Lua) - (2008-08-06) [2351] Ternary operators alternatives - Perl and Lua lazy operators - (2009-08-12) [2454] For loops in Lua - (2009-10-14) [2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc - (2009-10-15) [3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration? - (2011-08-18) [3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn? - (2011-12-21) [3686] The goto statement in Lua - (2012-04-06) [4272] Lazy operators in Lua - what they mean, and examples - (2014-05-05) [4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if) - (2014-11-21) [4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while - (2014-11-22)
Some other Articles
Rail electrification - far, far too optimistic so over budget and late An update - Melksham Link Canal and riverIf it's Tuesday it must be Belgium?Learning not just what a program does, but how to design it in the first place.repeat until in Lua - a one or more rather than a zero or more loopClassic style OO code - in LuaTables with values and code in Lua - looks like an object?Lua - using modules to add your own utilitiesA warm welcome awaits you at Well House Manor, MelkshamLua - changes to how integers and floats are handled - 5.2 to 5.3
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