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Re: nesting while function

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• Subject: [mg56799] Re: nesting while function
• From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
• Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 03:00:17 -0400 (EDT)
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marloo3 at mail15.com wrote:
> Hi
> t = 0; i = 1; j = 1;
> While[i <= 3,

j=1;


>   While[j <= 2,
>     t = t + 1;
>     j = j + 1];
>   i = i + 1]
> 
> give the result for t=2 and not 6 as should be
> 
> but 
> t = 0; Do[
>          Do[
>              t = t + 1;
>               , {j, 2}];
>   , {i, 3}]
> 
> give the value of 6 for t
> is this a wrong behaviour for the "While" function ? or i miss something.
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Peter Pein
Berlin

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