NestWhile

NestWhile(f, expr, test)

applies a function f repeatedly on an expression expr, until applying test on the result no longer yields True.

NestWhile(f, expr, test, m)

supplies the last m results to test (default value: 1).

NestWhile(f, expr, test, All)

supplies all results gained so far to test.

Examples

Divide by 2 until the result is no longer an integer:

>> NestWhile(#/2&, 10000, IntegerQ)
625/2

Related terms

FixedPoint, FixedPointList, Nest

Implementation status

• ✅ - full supported

Github

• Implementation of NestWhile