Meaning while
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A Java(TM) programming language keyword used to declare a loop that iterates a block of statements. The loop`s exit condition is specified as part of the while statement.
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1 at a moment during the time that something is happeningSomeone called while you were out.While in Australia, she met and married Bert.She had sprained her ankle while playing tennis.Synonyms and rel [..]
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Old English hwile, accusative of hwil "a space of time," from Proto-Germanic *hwilo (source also of Old Saxon hwil, Old Frisian hwile, Old High German hwila, German Weile, Gothic hveila &quo [..]
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"to cause (time) to pass (without dullness)," 1630s, earlier "to occupy or engage (someone or something) for a period of time" (c. 1600), new formation from while (n.), not conside [..]
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A Java keyword used to declare a loop that iterates a block of statements. The loop's exit condition is specified as part of the while statement.
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a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; [..]
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during the time that; as long as
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vayle
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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A loop in Java that does not have a built-in counter. You use a while loop when you don’t know ahead of time how many items you have to process. When you do you, you use a for loop. The while does the [..]
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(n) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
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and for
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statement
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Ideas
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statement - a loop statement presenting its condition "at the top". For example, while (cin>>var) vec.push_back(var);
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An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. ''He lectured for quite a long while.'' *Gronings,Gronings * Norwegian: (stund,m) * Old English:gd|greis|f * Spanish: (rato,m) * Swedish: (stund,c [..]
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