Repeat Until

repeat ... until runs the body before checking the stop condition.

repeat_until.lua

local target = 
local count = 0

repeat
  count = count + 1
until count >= target

print("target=" .. target)
print("count=" .. count)

local target = 
local count = 0

repeat
  count = count + 1
until count >= target

print("target=" .. target)
print("count=" .. count)

local target = 
local count = 0

repeat
  count = count + 1
until count >= target

print("target=" .. target)
print("count=" .. count)

condition last A repeat loop always runs at least once because the condition comes after the body.