Re: why is it always an endless loop?

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On 16-6-2014 18:06, richard wrote:
>
> $a="one"
> $b="one"
>
> while ($a=$b){echo "equal"; $b="two";)
>
> This simple code causes an endless loop.
> Why?
>
> As soon as $b is changed, they are no longer equal, yet the loop continues.
> This does not happen in BASIC.
> If it is placement, where then should $b be placed?
>

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why is it always an endless loop? richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-06-16 12:06 -0400
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> - 2014-06-16 18:17 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Derek Turner <frderek@cesmail.net> - 2014-06-16 16:19 +0000
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Stephan Jaschke <stephan@stj-online.de> - 2014-06-16 18:19 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-06-16 16:35 +0000
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-16 17:27 +0000
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-06-16 20:09 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2014-06-16 20:32 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-06-16 21:41 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-16 21:45 +0100
    Re: why is it always an endless loop? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-16 21:19 +0000
      Re: why is it always an endless loop? Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> - 2014-06-16 20:39 -0700
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-17 08:20 +0200
  Re: why is it always an endless loop? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-17 08:22 +0200
    Re: why is it always an endless loop? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-17 15:13 +0000

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