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while loop
subject			fact

while loop	can be interchanged with a for loop
	has example //Decrement n by 1 until n is 0 while (n != 0) { n = n - 1; }
	has purpose to repeat a computation by looping through that computation until a test has been satisfied
	has syntax while(condition) { // statements to keep executing while condition is true }
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of loop statement
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional