While statement

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    LinkedList link1 = {value: "link1", next: ()};
    LinkedList link2 = {value: "link2", next: link1};
    io:println(len(link2));
}

type LinkedList record {
    string value;
    LinkedList? next;
};

function len(LinkedList ll) returns int {
    int n = 0;
    LinkedList? v = ll;
    // Executes the code block that is defined within the `while` block
    // as long as the value of `v` is not `nil`.
    while v != () {
        n += 1;
        v = v.next;
    }

    return n;
}

While statement

The while statement is a more flexible iteration than foreach. break and continue statements can be used within the loops to alter control flow.

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Langlib functions

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    LinkedList link1 = {value: "link1", next: ()};
    LinkedList link2 = {value: "link2", next: link1};
    io:println(len(link2));
}

type LinkedList record {
    string value;
    LinkedList? next;
};

function len(LinkedList ll) returns int {
    int n = 0;
    LinkedList? v = ll;

    while v != () {
        n += 1;
        v = v.next;
    }

Executes the code block that is defined within the while block as long as the value of v is not nil.

    return n;
}

bal run while_statement.bal
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