pxt-calliope/docs/reference/loops/while.md

# While

Repeat code in a loop while a condition is true.

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Repeat code while a [Boolean](/microbit/reference/types/boolean) `condition` is true.

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```
let condition = false
```

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The while loop has a *condition* that evaluates to a [Boolean](/microbit/reference/types/boolean) value. After the `do` keyword, add the code that you want to run while the `condition` is `true`. The while loop concludes with `end while`.

The condition is tested before any code runs. Which means that if the condition is false, the code inside the loop doesn't execute.

### Example: diagonal line

The following example uses a while loop to make a diagonal line on the LED screen (points `0, 0`, `1, 1`, `2, 2`, `3, 3`, `4, 4`).

// index is set to 4

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// subtract 1 from `index` each time through loop

### Lessons

[rotation animation](/microbit/lessons/rotation-animation)

### See also

[on button pressed](/microbit/reference/input/on-button-pressed), [for](/microbit/reference/loops/for), [if](/microbit/blocks/if), [forever](/microbit/reference/basic/forever)