[Kevy Baby]

While I have a lot more free time on my hands, I am helping a friend of mine who owns a small business. I am making some updates in his FileMaker Pro (FMP) database. I am not trained as a programmer and have very little experience, mostly just stumbling my way through.

I am reverse engineering some code that someone else used to repurpose for my use. However, I am running into challenges and there is one small bit that I don't understand (though I may be overthinking it).

I have put the (non-standard) FMP language in more understandable (hopefully) terms and I put some parts in (parenthesis). The part that has me stumped is the "EXIT LOOP IF [1 = 1]":

INSERT TEXT "1" (into field "ABC")

LOOP
    IF ABC = 1
        DUPLICATE RECORD
        INSERT TEXT "" (into field "ABC")
        EXIT LOOP IF [1 = 1]
    ELSE
        GO TO NEXT PORTAL ROW
    END IF
END LOOP

(Command to copy certain text)

LOOP
    IF ABC = 1
        INSERT TEXT "" (into field "ABC")
        EXIT LOOP IF [1 = 1]
    ELSE
        GO TO NEXT PORTAL ROW
    END IF
END LOOP

Wouldn't "EXIT LOOP IF [1 = 1]" mean just to exit the loop (since 1 will always equal 1!)? If so, what is the point of a loop?