Were `do…while` loops left out of CoffeeScript…?

Question

In CoffeeScript, the while loop comes standard:

while x()
   y()

However, the following¹ doesn\'t work:

Answer 1

Your guess is correct: There is no do-while equivalent in CoffeeScript. So you'd typically write

y()
y() while x()

If you find yourself doing this often, you might define a helper function:

doWhile = (func, condition) ->
  func()
  func() while condition()