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while('condition','body') - Function of iterations. The cycle carries out a 'body' while the 'condition' is true. 
ADVICE: Choose it from the Programming paletteIMPORTANT: Inside the 'body' (
line could be used) the 'condition' must change from 
true (different than zero) to 
false (zero) otherwise we can have the endless (never ending) loop. The only way in this case for while or 
for loop is to interrupt the calculation by shoosing 

. 
As a 
general rule, if the calculation is too long, make double checking of the 
loops.
Here is a simple example of using 
while loop: