It is documented 
<http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=colon#Base.:>, 
but it is not obvious (to me) where you would look for that peace of 
information. Maybe here 
<http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/control-flow/?highlight=range#man-loops>
?

Ivar

kl. 15:54:21 UTC+2 onsdag 2. juli 2014 skrev Jay Kickliter følgende:
>
> Thanks, I just missed your reply.
>
> On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 7:52:47 AM UTC-6, Ivar Nesje wrote:
>>
>> They work, but you will have to set the step to -1
>>
>> for i = 10:-1:1
>>    println(i)
>> end
>>
>> kl. 15:32:10 UTC+2 onsdag 2. juli 2014 skrev Jay Kickliter følgende:
>>>
>>> Are they meant to work? I could only find one meaning of them not 
>>> working (issue 5778 <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5778>).
>>>
>>> Here's an example:
>>>
>>> julia> for i = 1:10
>>>
>>>            println(i)
>>>
>>>        end
>>>
>>> 1
>>>
>>> 2
>>>
>>> 3
>>>
>>> 4
>>>
>>> 5
>>>
>>> 6
>>>
>>> 7
>>>
>>> 8
>>>
>>> 9
>>>
>>> 10
>>>
>>>
>>> julia> for i = 10:1
>>>
>>>            println(i)
>>>
>>>        end
>>>
>>>
>>> julia> 
>>>
>>

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