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FOR statement

Syntax: FOR control-variable = start-count TO stop-count [STEP increment]

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NEXT control-variable

Discussion: The FOR statement starts a repetitive series of program statements (i.e., a loop). The statements following a FOR statement up to the associated NEXT statement form the loop.

The control-variable parameter is a previously-defined numeric variable with sufficient length and precision to store the values specified by the start-count, stop-count, and increment parameters.

The start-count parameter is the initial value assigned to the control-variable. It may be a numeric constant or numeric variable.

The stop-count parameter is the maximum value assigned to the control-variable. Stop-count may be a numeric constant or numeric variable. When the maximum value has been reached, the statements inside the loop will be executed for a final time and program flow will continue at the statement immediately following the NEXT statement. (The control-variable will retain the maximum value assigned.)

During the looping process, the value of the control-variable is incremented according to the increment parameter. If not specified, the increment is 1. The increment may be a numeric constant or numeric variable.

FOR/NEXT loops may be nested to any level.

Example 1:

FOR VALUE = 1 TO 250 ! Start loop from 1 to 250
SQUARE = VALUE * VALUE ! Compute square
PRINT (0) VALUE;SQUARE ! Print value and square
NEXT VALUE ! Continue loop

Example 2:

FOR LINE = 1 TO 60 ! Loop from 1 to 60
READ (1,DATA) EXCP=9999 ! Read the next data record
PRINT (2,INFO) ! Print a line on the printer
NEXT LINE ! Continue loop

Example 3:

FOR I = J TO K STEP M ! Loop using variable values
PRINT (0) "Value is: ";I ! Print the value
NEXT I ! Continue loop

Example 4:

FOR ROW = 1 TO 50 ! Start outer loop (count 1 to 50)
FOR COLUMN = 1 TO 200 ! Start inner loop (count 1 to 200)
SUM=SUM+DATA(COLUMN,ROW) ! Add up array elements
NEXT COLUMN ! Continue inner loop
NEXT ROW ! Continue outer loop

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