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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Built-In Commands - for manual page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
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<H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3>
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for - ``For'' loop
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<H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
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<B>for </B><I>start test next body</I><BR>
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<H3><A NAME="M4">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
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<B>For</B> is a looping command, similar in structure to the C
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<B>for</B> statement. The <I>start</I>, <I>next</I>, and
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<I>body</I> arguments must be Tcl command strings, and <I>test</I>
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is an expression string.
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The <B>for</B> command first invokes the Tcl interpreter to
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execute <I>start</I>. Then it repeatedly evaluates <I>test</I> as
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an expression; if the result is non-zero it invokes the Tcl
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interpreter on <I>body</I>, then invokes the Tcl interpreter on <I>next</I>,
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then repeats the loop. The command terminates when <I>test</I> evaluates
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to 0. If a <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/continue.htm">continue</A></B> command is invoked within <I>body</I> then
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any remaining commands in the current execution of <I>body</I> are skipped;
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processing continues by invoking the Tcl interpreter on <I>next</I>, then
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evaluating <I>test</I>, and so on. If a <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/break.htm">break</A></B> command is invoked
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within <I>body</I>
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or <I>next</I>,
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then the <B>for</B> command will
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return immediately.
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The operation of <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/break.htm">break</A></B> and <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/continue.htm">continue</A></B> are similar to the
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corresponding statements in C.
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<B>For</B> returns an empty string.
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<P>
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Note: <I>test</I> should almost always be enclosed in braces. If not,
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variable substitutions will be made before the <B>for</B>
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command starts executing, which means that variable changes
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made by the loop body will not be considered in the expression.
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This is likely to result in an infinite loop. If <I>test</I> is
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enclosed in braces, variable substitutions are delayed until the
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expression is evaluated (before
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each loop iteration), so changes in the variables will be visible.
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For an example, try the following script with and without the braces
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around <B>$x<10</B>:
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<PRE>for {set x 0} {$x<10} {incr x} {
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puts "x is $x"
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}</PRE>
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<H3><A NAME="M5">SEE ALSO</A></H3>
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<B><A HREF="../TkCmd/break.htm">break</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/continue.htm">continue</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/foreach.htm">foreach</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TkCmd/while.htm">while</A></B>
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<H3><A NAME="M6">KEYWORDS</A></H3>
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<A href="../Keywords/F.htm#for">for</A>, <A href="../Keywords/I.htm#iteration">iteration</A>, <A href="../Keywords/L.htm#looping">looping</A>
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<HR><PRE>
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.</PRE>
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