Java Programming/Keywords/while

while is a Java keyword.

It starts a looping block.

The general syntax of a while, using Extended Backus-Naur Form, is

while-looping-statement ::= while condition-clause 
                                    single-statement | block-statement
 
condition-clause    ::= ( Boolean Expression )
single-statement    ::= Statement
block-statement     ::= { Statement [ Statements ] }

For example:

while ( i < maxLoopIter )  {     System.println("Iter=" +i++);  }

See also:

• Java Programming/Statements
• Java Programming/Keywords/for
• Java Programming/Keywords/do