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diff --git a/doc/while.n b/doc/while.n index bd74f45..cc4921c 100644 --- a/doc/while.n +++ b/doc/while.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: while.n,v 1.5 2004/10/27 14:43:54 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: while.n,v 1.6 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH while n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ while \- Execute script repeatedly as long as a condition is met .SH SYNOPSIS \fBwhile \fItest body\fR .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The \fBwhile\fR command evaluates \fItest\fR as an expression @@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ expression is evaluated (before each loop iteration), so changes in the variables will be visible. For an example, try the following script with and without the braces around \fB$x<10\fR: +.PP .CS set x 0 \fBwhile\fR {$x<10} { @@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ set x 0 } .CE .SH EXAMPLE +.PP Read lines from a channel until we get to the end of the stream, and print them out with a line-number prepended: +.PP .CS set lineCount 0 \fBwhile\fR {[gets $chan line] >= 0} { puts "[incr lineCount]: $line" } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" break(n), continue(n), for(n), foreach(n) - .SH KEYWORDS boolean value, loop, test, while |