Editing mirc/commands/while

The '''/write command''' is a [[While Loops - mIRC|construct in the mIRC scripting language]] that can perform repetitive operations. The block of statement inside the while loop will get executed as long as the condition is true. You can manually break out of a loop by using the Cltr+Break key combinations.

== Synopsis ==
 while (condition) {
   /statements
   /statements
   /statements
 }

== Switches ==
None

== Parameters ==
None

== Example ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="mIRC">/* Example 1
*/
Alias CountToTen {
  ;Create a counter variable, set it to one
  var %Counter = 1

  ;Loop while the counter variable is less than or equal to ten.
  while (%Counter <= 10) {

    ;Print out the value of the counter variable
    echo -a Count Number: %Counter

    ;Increase the counter variable by 1
    inc %Counter
  }
}</syntaxhighlight>

The above example will output:

<pre>Count Number: 1
Count Number: 2
Count Number: 3
Count Number: 4
Count Number: 5
Count Number: 6
Count Number: 7
Count Number: 8
Count Number: 9
Count Number: 10</pre>

Example 2:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mIRC">

/* Example 2
*/

Alias ListVars {
  ;Check if there are any variables set
  if (!$var(*,0)) {
    echo -a There Are No Variables.
    halt
  } 

  ;Set a counter variable
  var %a 1

  ;Loop while the counter variable is less than or equal to the total number of variables
  while (%a <= $var(*,0)) { 

    ;Print out the variable and its value
    echo -a $v1 $+ ) $var(*,$v1) = $var(*,$v1).value 

    ;Increase the variable by one
    inc %a
  }
}</syntaxhighlight>

The above example will output something like this:

<pre>1) %Foo = FooBar
2) %Bar = BarFoo</pre>

== Compatibility ==
Added: mIRC v5.7

Added On: 02/02/2000


<small>Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.</small>

== See also ==
* [[List of commands - mIRC|List of commands]]
* [[List of identifiers - mIRC|List of identifiers]]
* [[/break command - mIRC|/break]]
* [[/continue command - mIRC|/continue]]
* [[/if command - mIRC|/if]]
* [[/return command - mIRC|/return]]
* [[/returnex command - mIRC|/returnex]]

[[Category:mIRC commands]]