>>>>I like the UNTIL idea. Is there a way to do that in VFP9? Should the Sedna people consider it?
>>>
>>>You'd have to simulate it. Something maybe like:
>>>
>>>

DO WHILE .T.
>>>  [do some stuff here]
>>>  [do some more stuff maybe]
>>>
>>>  * last thing before the ENDDO
>>>  IF (check condition)
>>>    EXIT
>>>  ENDIF
>>>ENDDO

>>
>>Or the regular way
>>

llCondition=.t.
>>do while llCondition
>>   ---stuff---
>>   llCondition= --- expression ---
>>enddo

>
>Not quite the same thing. Your way exits at the top of the loop, not the bottom. I realise that the result is really the same, but the aesthetics are not.

First, we've already established that VFP "exits at the top" - although the difference is only syntactical.

Second, I agree with the aesthetics part. Mine surely looks nicer :).