Repeat…until, Operands, Description – Rockwell Automation Logix5000 Controllers Structured Text Programming Manual User Manual

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Publication 1756-PM007D-EN-P - November 2012

Chapter 1 Program Structured Text

REPEAT…UNTIL

Use the REPEAT…UNTIL loop to keep doing something until conditions
are true.

Operands:

Structured Text

Description:

The syntax is:

Operand

Type

Format

Enter

bool_
expression

BOOL

Tag

Expression

BOOL tag or expression that evaluates to
a BOOL value (BOOL expression)

REPEAT

<statement>;

UNTIL bool_expression

END_REPEAT;

IMPORTANT

Make sure that you do not iterate within the loop too many times in a single
scan.

The controller does not execute any other statements in the routine until
it completes the loop.

If the time that it takes to complete the loop is greater than the
watchdog timer for the task, a major fault occurs.

Consider using a different construct, such as IF...THEN.

REPEAT

<statement>;

Statements to execute while
bool_expression1 is false

Optional

IF bool_expression2 THEN

EXIT;

If there are conditions when you want to
exit the loop early, use other statements,
such as an IF...THEN construct, to
condition an EXIT statement.

END_IF;

UNTIL bool_expression1

END_REPEAT;

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