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in reply to do while loops

ok.. the code is bad. That situations cause problems to novices

$value=5 <------ ok that is the problem it does not have ;
do{
  print "$value\n";
  $value=$value-1;
} while($value>10);

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ok the correct code is 

$value=5; # now have ;
do{
  print "$value\n";
  $value=$value-1;
} while($value>10);

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have a fun

20041024 Edit by ysth: change p tags to code

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