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else

if $a==5

type

"

Good-bye

"

else

type

"

Wish you were here

"

end

end

…or more elegantly by using the 

elseif

 command:

if $a==1

type

"

Hello

"

elseif $a==5

type

"

Good-bye

"

else

type

"

Wish you were here

"

end

Notice how indentation makes conditional statements easier to read. Indenting the
commands between 

if

 and its corresponding 

end

 is a good practice.

Loop commands instruct Deko500 to execute a series of commands multiple times.
Loop commands include 

loop

, 

while

 and 

for

.

The easiest way to define a loop is to use the 

loop

 command and specify the number

of iterations:

loop [count=]

# commands

end

The macro executes the command sequence between 

loop

 and 

end

 the number of

times specified by the 

count

 parameter. After the loop, the macro continues with the

first command after 

end

.

If you do not supply a count, the loop will go on forever or until you cancel macro
playback or use a conditional statement to end the loop.

The following macro types “hello” five times, then breaks out of the loop:

$a=1

loop

type

"

hello

"

;newline

$a = $a+=1

if $a>5

break

end

end

You also can break out of a loop with the 

continue

 command, which restarts a

loop at the top without executing commands after 

continue

.