Is there a “do … while” loop in Ruby?

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CAUTION:

The begin <code> end while <condition> is rejected by Ruby’s author Matz. Instead he suggests using Kernel#loop, e.g.

loop do 
  # some code here
  break if <condition>
end

Here’s an email exchange in 23 Nov 2005 where Matz states:

|> Don't use it please.  I'm regretting this feature, and I'd like to
|> remove it in the future if it's possible.
|
|I'm surprised.  What do you regret about it?

Because it's hard for users to tell

  begin <code> end while <cond>

works differently from

  <code> while <cond>

RosettaCode wiki has a similar story:

During November 2005, Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of Ruby, regretted this loop feature and suggested using Kernel#loop.

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