Mantis LOOP, BREAK & CONTINUE Commands

The LOOP command repeats a block of instructions a fixed number of times or infinitely until terminated by BREAK.

Syntax & Examples

Finite Loop

REM Type 5 dots with 300ms delays
LOOP 5
  STRING .
  DELAY 300
END_LOOP

1REM Type 5 dots with 300ms delays
2LOOP 5
3  STRING .
4  DELAY 300
5END_LOOP

Infinite Loop with Button BREAK

LOOP
  LED_ON
  DELAY 100
  LED_OFF
  DELAY 100
  
  IF BUTTON_PRESSED THEN
    BREAK
  END_IF
END_LOOP

1LOOP
2  LED_ON
3  DELAY 100
4  LED_OFF
5  DELAY 100
6  
7  IF BUTTON_PRESSED THEN
8    BREAK
9  END_IF
10END_LOOP

Related Commands

• IF / ELSE — Conditional branching inside loops.
• FUNCTION — Reusable subroutines.