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WHILE 

     WHILE condition-clause statement;

     CONDITION CLAUSE 
     test-variable relational-operator value[,value...][{AND|OR}...]

     TEST VARIABLES 
     (item-name[(subscript)])
     arithmetic-expression 
     EXCLAMATION  - Status of automatic null response
     FIELD        - Status of the FIELD option
     INPUT        - Last value input to INPUT
     PRINT        - Status of PRINT option
     REPEAT       - Status of REPEAT option
     SORT         - Status of SORT option
     STATUS       - Value of STATUS register

     RELATIONAL OPERATORS 
     =
     <>
     <
     <=
     >
     >=

When test variable is (item-name[(subscript)]) and relational-operator is
"=" or "<>", value can be:

     NUMERIC
     ALPHABETIC
     ALPHABETIC-LOWER
     ALPHABETIC-UPPER

Example 

  WHILE (A)>10 LET (A)=(A)/10;

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