How Do I jump out of WHILE NOT EOF()

[Mike Trader]

WHILE NOT EOF(i)'-------------
INPUT# i, SymbolStr, Interval, DateStr, TimeStr, OpenPrice, HighPrice, LowPrice, ClosePrice, Dummy
blah
blah
blah
Check for what i want to Accomplish
Set a bunch of vars
etc
etc
etc
WEND

Now this file is 300k lines and I find what I am looking for about 2/3 the way thru it.
How do I execute all the rest of the code
Set a bunch of vars
etc
etc
etc
and then terminate the loop at the WEND even tho I am not at the end of the file?



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Kind Regards
Mike

[Scott Turchin]

Do until EOF(F)
If Cat=Dog then exit loop
Loop


Hope that helps

Scott


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Scott

[Borje Hagsten]

> Do until EOF(F)
> If Cat=Dog then exit loop
> Loop

Just asked our version of a cat, "Ripper 2", and I believe you are in
for an endless loop there, Scott. As she said, "Clever cats can never
become stupid dogs.."

BTW, I think there is an "errata" in PB help there. It says EXIT
option DO or LOOP works for both DO/LOOP and WHILE/WEND loops.
Think the later isn't true..

Other variation on same theme:

 DO WHILE EOF(F) = 0
   If Cat<>Dog Then Exit DO
 LOOP

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[Trevor Lane]

Mike,

A fairly common technique is as follows.
all in pseudo code, I don't need to be told about the syntax errors
It is purely to demonstrate technique.

'you fill in the dims constant declarations etc.
done = false
while (not(eof) and not(done))   'brackets always included for clarity
   do something
   do something more
   etc
   test something
   etc
   ah this is what i want

   done = true
   ' this will not exit until the wend as the comparison
   ' is not performed until the next iteration

   carry on with the rest
wend

That is fairly widely used as a programming technique as it is both
simple to follow and robust.

regards
Trevor.

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[This message has been edited by Trevor Lane (edited March 19, 2001).]

[Bradley Callis]

So many ways to skin a cat.

do while cat<>dog
input #1,yada
cat = parse$(yada,1)
loop

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Thanks,

Bradley Callis