Sinclair BASIC on the QL used to have a FOR loop epilogue which could be used to handle this sort of thing. A simple FOR loop was
FOR index = start TO stop On 30/09/2012, Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahti...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think all Basics work this way! > > Test with any basic: > > For ii = 1 to 10 > Next > > Print ii > > What you expect? I think all basic languages gives 11 as result. > > Jussi > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Kevin Fishburne < > kevinfishbu...@eightvirtues.com> wrote: > >> This one bit me a while back and the answer was the same and I confirmed >> it through testing. Maybe the documentation for For...Next should >> mention it. I suspect many BASIC dialects don't work this way, which >> could lead to confusion for new users of GAMBAS. I could be wrong, but I >> think even GAMBAS used to not work this way, which makes the issue even >> more confusing. Then again, the root of the issue doesn't really have >> anything to do with For...Next but in how variables deal with >> assignments that are out of range. >> >> On 09/30/2012 11:40 AM, Jussi Lahtinen wrote: >> > It is not bug, Richard is right. >> > >> > Jussi >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Tobias Boege <tabo...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, Ru Vuott wrote: >> >>> ...I have: >> >>> >> >>> [Gambas 3] >> >>> Version=3.3.0 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> --- Dom 30/9/12, Ru Vuott <vu...@yahoo.it> ha scritto: >> >>> >> >>>> Da: Ru Vuott <vu...@yahoo.it> >> >>>> Oggetto: [Gambas-user] Unending cycle "For...Next" with variable As >> >> Byte >> >>>> A: gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> >>>> Data: Domenica 30 settembre 2012, 16:57 >> >>>> Hello, >> >>>> >> >>>> maybe I'm in the clouds.... but I don't understand why this >> >>>> cycle: >> >>>> >> >>>> ********** >> >>>> Public Sub Button1_Click() >> >>>> >> >>>> ? Dim j As Byte >> >>>> >> >>>> ? For j = 0 To 255 >> >>>> >> >>>> ???Print j >> >>>> >> >>>> ? Next >> >>>> >> >>>> End >> >>>> ********** >> >>>> >> >>>> runs "ad infinitum" ! >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards >> >>>> vuott >> >>>> >> >> Can confirm that with rev5189. Richard's guess sounds logical. "For >> >> To" >> is >> >> inclusive: [0; 255] and that's everything you can represent with Byte >> >> width. >> >> You won't ever detect Byte > 255. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Fishburne >> Eight Virtues >> www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com >> e-mail: sa...@eightvirtues.com >> phone: (770) 853-6271 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? >> http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
