By definition: "They are evaluated only one time, before the loop begins and before the control variable is set to its initial value."
Use WHILE or UNTIL On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:14:49 +0000 "Gibney, Dave" <gib...@wsu.edu> wrote: :>I wish to process a basic stem variable with stem.0 containing the occurrences, :>do I = 1 to stem.0 :>/* but, inside here, I wish to add additional occurrences */ :> a = stem.0 + 1 :> stem.a = 'New item' :> stem.0 = a :>end :>It appears that the do start and stop are evaluated and fixed at the beginning and subsequent alterations to the end value aren't effective. :>Is this just the way it is? Or is there a technique I don't know? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
