Language Guide

CHAPTER 7
Control Statements
200 Repeat Statements
Repeat Until 7
The Repeat Until form of the Repeat statement repeats a group of statements
until a particular condition, specified in a Boolean expression, is met.
SYNTAX
repeat until Boolean
[ statement ]...
end [ repeat ]
where
Boolean is an expression whose value is true or false. The statements in the
loop are repeated until Boolean becomes true. If Boolean is true when entering
the loop, the statements in the loop are not executed.
statement is any AppleScript statement.
EXAMPLE
This example numbers the paragraphs of a document with the Repeat Until
form of the Repeat statement.
tell document "List"
set numParagraphs to (count paragraphs)
set paragraphNum to 1
repeat until paragraphNum > numParagraphs
set paragraph paragraphNum to (paragraphNum as string) & " " 
& paragraph paragraphNum
set paragraphNum to paragraphNum + 1
end repeat
end tell