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Re: Logic problem, i always had problem translate until statements into while

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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:

> do until (regular == true && connected == false )
>
> I honestly feel a bit lost, because i think they are so easy to code
> using do until.

What as the initial values of 'regular' and 'connected'?

> So how should i think about it?

Provided the initial value of the resulting while condition is true you
just need to invert it:

  while (!(regular == true && connected == false)) ...

You can use De Morgan's laws to simplify that if you like:

  !(A && B) <=> !A || !B
  !(A || B) <=> !A && !B

in your case

     !(regular == true && connected == false)
  => !(regular == true) || !(connected == false) 
  => regular != true || connected != false

which I'd just write as

  while (!regular || connected) ...

Often, the use of do ... until is simply an error (while is needed more
often in algorithms than do...until).  In those cases there is no need
for the loop to execute at least once and you don't need to check that
'!regular || connected' is initially true.

-- 
Ben.

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