Repeat (forever)

The Repeat (forever) form of the Repeat statement is an infinite loop --a Repeat statement that does not specify when the repetition stops. The only way to exit the loop is by using an Exit statement. For more information, see Exit.

SYNTAX



 
repeat

    [ statement ]...

end [ repeat ]

where

statement is any AppleScript statement.

EXAMPLE

The following example prints each open AppleWorks document, then closes the document window. It uses an Exit statement to exit the loop.



 
tell application "AppleWorks"

    set numberOfDocuments to (count documents)

    set i to 1

    repeat

        if i > numberOfDocuments then

            exit repeat

        end if

        print front document without one copy -- display Print dialog

        close front document saving ask -- ask before saving modified doc

        set i to i + 1

    end repeat

end tell

The phrase without one copy tells an AppleWorks document to display the Print dialog before printing.