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Noun It took them a while to find out what was causing the problem. we stayed at the fair for a while longer Conjunction Someone called while you were out. You can get the photos developed while you wait. The phone rang while I was doing the dishes. They met while they were in college. Can I get you anything while I'm at the store? He made a comment that, while well-intentioned, still hurt my feelings. While I think some parts of the plan are good, I don't think it's practical. See More Noun So with the exception of things like late-night, consumers really won’t notice anything for a while. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 May 2023 For a while, Mr. Patrick was known, perhaps a bit hyperbolically, as the world’s most produced playwright, with his work performed at small theaters in Minneapolis, Toronto, Vienna, Brazil, and New Zealand. — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023 Yeah, she’s been in for a while. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 May 2023 But Wednesday’s rate hike could be the last for a while. — Justin Lahart, wsj.com, 3 May 2023 But with this rate hike possibly being the last for a while, CD rates are expected to level off and may even fall later this year. — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023 Plus, streaming services, particularly Netflix, that binged on content spending during the pandemic may have enough material to hold them over for a while. — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023 And there are indications this one might go on for a while. — Bill Goodyko...

Usage Noun A while and awhile are often confused due to the fact that while is often accompanied by a while means "an amount of time" or "some duration" whereas awhile is an for some amount of time" or " for some duration". "I slept for a while before dinner." "I slept awhile before dinner." Both of these sentences yield the same effective meaning. Whilst is only a conjunction, and so its use here would be incorrect. Conjunction The primary function of the word as a conjunction is to indicate that two separate "The days were hot while we were on vacation." "I read a magazine while I was waiting." While can also be legitimately used in the contrastive sense, comparable to the words "although" or "whereas", provided that it is not ambiguous (although some commentators, such as "While I like cats, my husband is allergic." "While Sally plays, Sue works." The latter sentence can mean either "during the time that Sally plays, Sue works" or "although Sally plays, Sue works" and is thus ambiguous. while. At times it is inappropriately used as a In some dialects of Northern England, while is translated into standard English as "until"; for example, "At least wait while we're done." Usage In standard whilst, as a conjunction, is synonymous with although, whereas, but or while. Unlike whilst, while is also used as a noun (as in "rest for a while") or a verb (as in "while away the hours"). The usage of whilst is chiefly British. For example, the BBC World Service website "Learning Eng...

Contents • 1 Overview • 2 Demonstrating while loops • 2.1 ActionScript 3 • 2.2 Ada • 2.3 APL • 2.4 AutoHotkey • 2.5 Microsoft Small Basic • 2.6 Visual Basic • 2.7 Bourne (Unix) shell • 2.8 C or C++ • 2.9 CFML • 2.9.1 Script syntax • 2.9.2 Tag syntax • 2.10 Fortran • 2.11 Go • 2.12 Java, C#, D • 2.13 JavaScript • 2.14 Lua • 2.15 MATLAB & GNU Octave • 2.16 Mathematica • 2.17 Oberon, Oberon-2 (programming language), Oberon-07, or Component Pascal • 2.18 Maya Embedded Language • 2.19 Nim • 2.20 Pascal • 2.21 Perl • 2.22 PHP • 2.23 PL/I • 2.24 Python • 2.25 Racket • 2.26 Ruby • 2.27 Rust • 2.28 Smalltalk • 2.29 Swift • 2.30 Tcl • 2.31 VEX • 2.32 PowerShell • 2.33 While programming language • 3 See also • 4 References Overview The while construct consists of a block of code and a condition/expression. true, while loop checks the condition/expression before the block is executed, the control structure is often also known as a pre-test loop. Compare this with the do while loop, which tests the condition/expression after the loop has executed. For example, in the int x = 0 ; while ( x < 5 ) is entered, where the printf function is run and x is incremented by 1. After completing all the statements in the loop body, the condition, (x < 5), is checked again, and the loop is executed again, this process repeating until the Note that it is possible, and in some cases desirable, for the condition to always evaluate to true, creating an Dim counter As Integer = 5 ' init variable and set ...

Contents • 1 Overview • 2 Demonstrating while loops • 2.1 ActionScript 3 • 2.2 Ada • 2.3 APL • 2.4 AutoHotkey • 2.5 Microsoft Small Basic • 2.6 Visual Basic • 2.7 Bourne (Unix) shell • 2.8 C or C++ • 2.9 CFML • 2.9.1 Script syntax • 2.9.2 Tag syntax • 2.10 Fortran • 2.11 Go • 2.12 Java, C#, D • 2.13 JavaScript • 2.14 Lua • 2.15 MATLAB & GNU Octave • 2.16 Mathematica • 2.17 Oberon, Oberon-2 (programming language), Oberon-07, or Component Pascal • 2.18 Maya Embedded Language • 2.19 Nim • 2.20 Pascal • 2.21 Perl • 2.22 PHP • 2.23 PL/I • 2.24 Python • 2.25 Racket • 2.26 Ruby • 2.27 Rust • 2.28 Smalltalk • 2.29 Swift • 2.30 Tcl • 2.31 VEX • 2.32 PowerShell • 2.33 While programming language • 3 See also • 4 References Overview The while construct consists of a block of code and a condition/expression. true, while loop checks the condition/expression before the block is executed, the control structure is often also known as a pre-test loop. Compare this with the do while loop, which tests the condition/expression after the loop has executed. For example, in the int x = 0 ; while ( x < 5 ) is entered, where the printf function is run and x is incremented by 1. After completing all the statements in the loop body, the condition, (x < 5), is checked again, and the loop is executed again, this process repeating until the Note that it is possible, and in some cases desirable, for the condition to always evaluate to true, creating an Dim counter As Integer = 5 ' init variable and set ...

Usage Noun A while and awhile are often confused due to the fact that while is often accompanied by a while means "an amount of time" or "some duration" whereas awhile is an for some amount of time" or " for some duration". "I slept for a while before dinner." "I slept awhile before dinner." Both of these sentences yield the same effective meaning. Whilst is only a conjunction, and so its use here would be incorrect. Conjunction The primary function of the word as a conjunction is to indicate that two separate "The days were hot while we were on vacation." "I read a magazine while I was waiting." While can also be legitimately used in the contrastive sense, comparable to the words "although" or "whereas", provided that it is not ambiguous (although some commentators, such as "While I like cats, my husband is allergic." "While Sally plays, Sue works." The latter sentence can mean either "during the time that Sally plays, Sue works" or "although Sally plays, Sue works" and is thus ambiguous. while. At times it is inappropriately used as a In some dialects of Northern England, while is translated into standard English as "until"; for example, "At least wait while we're done." Usage In standard whilst, as a conjunction, is synonymous with although, whereas, but or while. Unlike whilst, while is also used as a noun (as in "rest for a while") or a verb (as in "while away the hours"). The usage of whilst is chiefly British. For example, the BBC World Service website "Learning Eng...