do until loops

[root]

These work the same as do while loops only they execute until the condition evaluated is true
Here's a quick example:

$value=5;
do{
  print "$value\n";
  $value=$value-1;
} until($value<=10);

This is executes once and prints out $value;
5
Then $value is decremented and becomes 4
since 4<=10 is true execution of the loop is terminated

Now onto the exciting world of for loops

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm trying to do a simple copy command that will overwrite a file a specific number of times(i.e 10 times and then terminate) using the do until command. Can anyone give me some advise on this.

[rlivings]

couldnt you do something like this

$value=0;
do{
  "copy command"
  $value=$value+1;
} until($value==9);

[Anonymous Monk]

#!/usr/bin/perl -w<
use strict;<br>
# use the -w and "use strict"
# to check more on your errors
# usefull thing for rookies
my $content = "some content";
# here asuming that the file is in the same folder
my $filename = "file_name.file_extention";
# i like the while loop better.....
my $stopper = 0;
# loop until $stopper equal 10
# opening the file for overwrite or die
# print new data
# close file
# incress $stopper value by one
while ($stopper < 10) {
 open yourfile, ">$filename" or die "\t cant open file";
 print yourfile "$content";
 close yourfile;
 $stopper++;
}
# done
# if u relly want to use do until
# replace my while loop from { to } by ..
do {
 open yourfile, ">$filename" or die "\t cant open file";
 print yourfile "$content";
 close yourfile;
 $stopper++;
} until ($stopper == 10)
#
# but a question is in my mind why the *~@ u wanna 
# overwrite a file 10 times ??????
# anyway hope i helped u a little

Edit by dws to add <code> tag

[Anonymous Monk]

Is it possible to stop the loop if the "until" condition is never met? I am coding some user system and I use a do { for { }} until { } loop until the user name input matches one from the database. Thanks for any help.

[Abigail-II]

Frankly, your question doesn't make sense. The entire point of a do {} until loop is to repeat the loop until the condition is met. When would you stop anyway? How will you know the condition will never be met? (In general, you cannot not - that's what the halting problem is about).

Abigail

[Anonymous Monk]

Count iterations of failure, at a set count, exit..

[Anonymous Monk]

How to exit ?? alst is not working

[Anonymous Monk]

You can have a certain number of tries based on the number of values in the database: $dbnumber=66; #This would be the number of usernames. $value=1; do{ #Your input line would go here, obviously not print value. $value=$value+1; } until($value==$dbnum); #This makes it stop after checking the last value in the database.