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matched-while-statement

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matched-while-statement railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."while""("Explore production: expressionexpression")"Explore production: matched-statementmatched-statement"while""("Explore production: expressionexpression")"":"Explore production: inner-statement-listinner-statement-list"endwhile"";"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
matched-while-statement =
    "while" , "(" , expression , ")" , matched-statement
    | "while" , "(" , expression , ")" , ":" , inner-statement-list ,
      "endwhile" , ";" ;

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