A statement which is the starting point of a REPEAT…UNTIL loop. A single REPEAT may have more than one UNTIL, but this is bad practice.
The purpose of a REPEAT…UNTIL loop is to make BBC BASIC (Z80) repeat a set number of instructions until some condition is satisfied.
You can force a premature end to the loop with the EXIT REPEAT statement. REPEAT…UNTIL loops may be nested.
REPEAT UNTIL GET=13 :REM wait for CR
X=0 REPEAT X=X+10 PRINT "What do you think of it so far?" UNTIL X>45
You must not exit a REPEAT…UNTIL loop with a GOTO. If you jump out of a loop with a GOTO (How could you!) you should jump back in. If you must jump out of the loop, you should use UNTIL TRUE to 'pop' the stack. For (a ghastly) example:
10 i=1 20 REPEAT: REM Print 1 to 100 unless 30 I=I+1: REM interrupted by the 40 PRINT i: REM space bar being pressed 50 x=INKEY(0): REM Get a key 60 IF x=32 THEN 110:REM exit if <SPACE> 70 UNTIL i=100 80 PRINT "****" 90 END 100 : 110 UNTIL TRUE: REM Pop the stack 120 PRINT "Forced exit":REM Carry on with program 130 FOR j=1000 TO 1005 140 PRINT j 150 NEXT 160 END
See the keyword UNTIL for ways of using REPEAT…UNTIL loops to replace unconditional GOTOs for program looping.
See Flow Control for more details on the working of the program stack.
Syntax
REPEAT