VB Script A Widely Used

Scripting Language

What we learn last session?

Branching
Branching using IfThenElse
statement.
Branching using Select Case

Subjects for session 5

Looping through code.

DoLoop
WhileWend
ForNext
ForEach

Exit statement.
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Looping Through Code

Looping allows you to run a group of statements

repeatedly.
Some loops repeat statements until a condition is
False;
others repeat statements until a condition is
True.
There are also loops that repeat statements a
specific number of times.

Do While/Until

Looping Through Code

Using DoLoop Statement

Repeats a block of statements while a condition is True or until a

condition becomes True.
The following looping statements are available in VBScript:
Do[{While
[{While||Until}
Until}condition]
condition]
Do
[statements]
[statements]
[ExitDo]
Do]
[Exit
[statements]
[statements]
Loop
Loop

Do[statements]
[statements]
Do
[ExitDo]
Do]
[Exit
[statements]
[statements]
Loop[{While
[{While||Until}
Until}condition]
condition]
Loop
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Looping Through Code

Using DoLoop Statement
You can exit a Do...Loop by using the Exit Do statement.
Because you usually want to exit only in certain situations,
such as to avoid an endless loop, you should use the Exit
Do statement in the True statement block of an
If...Then...Else statement.
If the condition is False, the loop runs as usual.

Looping Through Code

Using DoLoop Statement
Dim bCheck, Count
bCheck = True : iCount = 0 ' Initialize variables.
Do

' Outer loop.

Do While iCount < 20

' Inner loop.

iCount = iCount + 1

' Increment Counter.

If iCount = 10 Then ' If condition is True...

bCheck = False
Exit Do

' set value of flag to False.

' Exit inner loop.

End If
Loop
Loop Until bCheck = False

' Exit outer loop immediately.

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Looping Through Code

Using WhileWend Statement
Executes a series of statements as long as a given condition
is True.
The While...Wend statement is provided in VBScript for
those who are familiar with its usage.
However, because of the lack of flexibility in While...Wend,
it is recommended that you use Do...Loop instead.
The While...Wend statement is provided in VBScript for
those who are familiar with its usage.

Looping Through Code

Using ForNext Statement
Repeats a group of statements a specified number of times.
You can use For...Next statements to run a block of
statements a specific number of times.
For loops, use a counter variable whose value increases or
decreases with each repetition of the loop

Dim x
For x = 1 To 50
MyProc
Next

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Looping Through Code

Using ForNext Statement
Using the Step keyword, you can increase or decrease the
counter variable by the value you specify.
In the following example, the counter variable j is
incremented by 2 each time the loop repeats.
When the loop is finished, the total is the sum of 2, 4, 6, 8,
and 10.

Dim j, itotal
For j = 2 To 10 Step 2
itotal = itotal + j
Next
Msg = "The total is " & itotal
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Looping Through Code

Using ForNext Statement
You can exit any For...Next statement before the counter
reaches its end value by using the Exit For statement.
Because you usually want to exit only in certain
situations, such as when an error occurs, you should use
the Exit For statement in the True statement block of an
If...Then...Else statement.
If the condition is False, the loop runs as usual.

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Looping Through Code

Using For Each...Next Statement
A For Each...Next loop is similar to a For...Next
loop.
Instead of repeating the statements a specified
number of times, a For Each...Next loop repeats a
group of statements for each item in a collection of
objects or for each element of an array.
This is especially helpful if you don't know how
many elements are in a collection.

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Looping Through Code Exit Statement

Exits a block of Do...Loop, For...Next, Function, or Sub
code.
Exit Do
Provides a way to exit a Do...Loop statement.
It can be used only inside a Do...Loop statement.

Exit For
Provides a way to exit a For loop.
It can be used only in a For...Next or For Each...Next loop.

Exit Function
Immediately exits the Function procedure in which it appears.

Exit Property
Immediately exits the Property procedure in which it appears.

Exit Sub
Immediately exits the Sub procedure in which it appears.

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