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The WHILE loop uses a loop index value as its gate on entry criterion:

    
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    counter NUMBER := 1;
  3  BEGIN
  4    WHILE (counter < 5) LOOP
  5      dbms_output.put_line('Index ['||counter||'].');
  6      IF counter >= 1 THEN
  7        counter := counter + 1;
  8      END IF;
  9    END LOOP;
 10  END;
 11  /
Index [1].
Index [2].
Index [3].
Index [4].

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>








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