Re: loops in prolog

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From: Ken Johnson
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990 21:49

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> Question: how would you code the following loop in (Edingburgh)
> Prolog?
>
>loop:
>   action_1;
>   IF condition_1 THEN
>     action_2;
>     goto loop
>  END IF
>  action_3;

Answer

loop :-
	action1,
	loop1.

loop1 :-
	condition1,
	!,
	action2,
	loop.

loop1 :-
	action3.

Any other homework you want done, just post it. 

-- 
Ken Johnson, AI Applications Institute, 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN
E-mail ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk, phone 031-225 4464 extension 212
`I have read your article, Mr Johnson, and I am no wiser now than when I
started'.  -- `Possibly not, sir, but far better informed.'

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From: ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson)
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Subject: Re: loops in prolog
Keywords: loops
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Date: 10 Feb 90 21:49:19 GMT
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