| for | statement |
| Syntax | A forStatement is:
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| Description | The statements and declarations in a for statement are repeatedly executed. In the first iteration, the identifier is assigned the value of first. With each additional iteration, the identifier increases by 1 (or by increment, if the by clause is present). The loop stops executing when adding 1 (or increment) to the identifier would cause the identifier to exceed last. first and last must be integer values (or else enumerated or char values). If you specify decreasing, then the identifier decreases by 1 (or by increment) each time through. Increment must be a positive integer value. When the by clause is present, the for loop terminates as soon as the identifier would become greater than last, unless decreasing is present. If decreasing is present, the loop terminates when the identifier would become less than last.
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| Details | The identifier is checked before it is added to (or subtracted from). This means that the loop
for i : 1 .. maxintwill not cause an overflow.
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| Example | Output 1, 2, 3 to 10.
for i : 1 .. 10
put i
end for
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| Example | Output 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
for i : 1 .. 10 by 2
put i
end for
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| Example | Output 10, 9, 8, down to 1.
for decreasing j : 10 .. 1
put j
end for
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| Example | Output 10, 6, and 2.
for decreasing j : 10 .. 1 by 4
put j
end for
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| Example | Output 1.
for j : 1 .. 10 by 20
put j
end for
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| Example | Output nothing.
for j : 5 .. 2
put j
end for
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| Details | The for statement declares the counting identifier (a separate declaration should not be given for i or j). The scope of this identifier is restricted to the for statement. If first is a value beyond last, there will be no repetitions (and no error message). The counting identifier is always increased (or decreased) by 1 or increment if the by clause is present. Executing an exit statement inside a for statement causes a jump to just beyond end for. You are not allowed to change the counting variable (for example, you are not allowed to write i := 10). The counting identifier can be omitted. In this case, the statement is just as before, except that the program cannot use the value of the identifier. If decreasing is not present, first .. last can be replaced by the name of a subrange type, for example by dozen, declared by:
type dozen : 1..12Procedures, functions and modules cannot be declared inside a for statement. Just preceding the statements and declarations, you are allowed to write an "invariant clause" of the form:
invariant trueFalseExpnThis clause is equivalent to: assert trueFalseExpn.
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