4.8. Summary
In this chapter, I showed you how easy it is to write program loops in AppleScript using the repeat statement. This statement enables you to repeatedly execute a set of statements. You learned the following:
The repeat...times statement is used to repeat a set of statements a predetermined number of times.
The repeat with statement is used to repeat a set of statements given a starting number, an ending number, and an optional increment.
The second form of the repeat with is used to sequence through the elements in a list.
The repeat while statement causes a set of statements to be executed as long as a particular condition is true, whereas the repeat until statement causes a set of statements to be executed until a particular condition is satisfied.
I show you many more examples of repeat statements throughout this book.
In the next chapter, you learn to work with strings, including how to reference elements of a string. Before proceeding, however, try the exercises that follow to test your understanding of the material covered in this chapter. You can find the solutions to these exercises in Appendix A.
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