zig/doc/langref/test_while_null_capture.zig

const expectEqual = @import("std").testing.expectEqual;

test "while null capture" {
    var sum1: u32 = 0;
    numbers_left = 3;
    while (eventuallyNullSequence()) |value| {
        sum1 += value;
    }
    try expectEqual(3, sum1);

    // null capture with an else block
    var sum2: u32 = 0;
    numbers_left = 3;
    while (eventuallyNullSequence()) |value| {
        sum2 += value;
    } else {
        try expectEqual(3, sum2);
    }

    // null capture with a continue expression
    var i: u32 = 0;
    var sum3: u32 = 0;
    numbers_left = 3;
    while (eventuallyNullSequence()) |value| : (i += 1) {
        sum3 += value;
    }
    try expectEqual(3, i);
}

var numbers_left: u32 = undefined;
fn eventuallyNullSequence() ?u32 {
    return if (numbers_left == 0) null else blk: {
        numbers_left -= 1;
        break :blk numbers_left;
    };
}

// test