FORLOOP

For loop

In computer science a for loop is a programming language statement which allows code to be repeatedly executed. A for loop is classified as an iteration statement. The keyword used to declare a for loop is based on the heritage of the language and the prior programming languages it borrowed from, so programming languages that are descendants of or offshoots of a language that originally developed an iterator will often use the same keyword to name an iterator, e.g. descendants of ALGOL will use "for", while descendants of Fortran will use "do." Some languages started from scratch, and didn't have a predefined term for an iterator to ...

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for loop

Noun

  1. A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter
    An example of a for loop in BASIC: FOR X=1 TO 10: PRINT 1/X: NEXT.


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