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Definition: The do / while statement specifies a block of code that is to be run multiple times. It will run until either the while condition is not met or a break statement within the do block is run. The while condition is tested at the end of the loop so the loop will always run at least once. Do is a reserved word and cannot be used for anything other than declaring the start of a do/while statement.
Examples:
do {...} while (...)
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