TOPIC
	about_While

SHORT DESCRIPTION
	Describes a language statement that you can use to run a command block 
	based on the results of a conditional test.


LONG DESCRIPTION
	The While statement (also known as a While loop) is a language construct
	for creating a loop that runs commands in a command block as long as a
	conditional test evaluates to true. The While statement is easier to 
	construct than a For statement because its syntax is less complicated.
	In addition, it is more flexible than the Foreach statement because you
	specify a conditional test in the While statement to control how many times
	the loop runs.
 

	The following shows the While statement syntax:

		while (<condition>){<statement list>}


	When you run a While statement, Windows PowerShell evaluates 
	the <condition> section of the statement before entering the 
	<statement list> section. The condition portion of the statement resolves
	to either true or false. As long as the condition remains true, Windows 
	PowerShell reruns the <statement list> section.


	The <statement list> section of the statement contains one or more commands
	that are run each time the loop is entered or repeated.


	For example, the following While statement displays the numbers 1 
	through 3 if the $val variable has not been created or if the $val variable
	has been created and initialized to 0.

		while($val -ne 3)
		{
			$val++
			Write-Host $val
	}


	In this example, the condition ($val is not equal to 3) is true while 
	$val = 0, 1, 2. Each time through the loop, $val is incremented by 1 
	using the ++ unary increment operator ($val++). The last time through 
	the loop, $val = 3. When $val equals 3, the condition statement 
	evaluates to false, and the loop exits.
 

	To conveniently write this command at the Windows PowerShell command 
	prompt, you can enter it in the following way:

		while($val -ne 3){$val++; Write-Host $val} 


	Notice that the semicolon separates the first command that adds 1 to 
	$val from the second command that writes the value of $val to the 
	console.
 

SEE ALSO
	about_Comparison_Operators
	about_Do
	about_Foreach
	about_For
	about_Language_Keywords