Flash Actionscript Programming Basics - Page 4

LOOPS

A loop cycles over a body of code as long as the condition remains true.

while

template:

while(expression){
statement;
}

var x =0;
while(x < 10){
trace(x);
x++;
}

do .. while

a do.. while loop executes the statement once before the condition is evaluated.
Template:

do{
//Statements to be executed;
}
while(condition);

var x =0;
do{
trace(x);
x++;
}
while (x < 10);

for

a for loop is used most commonly to step through a fixed length data structure such as an array.
Template:

 for(init-statement; expr2;expr3){
// Statements;
}

for(var i=0; i<10; i++){
trace(i);
}