My general approach is to only use = when the RHS is an explicit range, as in `for i = 1:n`. For everything else I use `for i in v`. I would be ok with dropping the = syntax at some point, but it seems pretty harmless to have it.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:56 AM, FANG Colin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. In that case I will happily stick with `in`. > > > On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 8:43:22 PM UTC, Alireza Nejati wrote: >> >> There is no difference, as far as I know. >> >> '=' seems to be used more for explicit ranges (i = 1:5) and 'in' seems to >> be used more for variables (i in mylist). But using 'in' for everything is >> ok too. >> >> The '=' is there for familiarity with matlab. Remember that julia's >> syntax was in part designed to be familiar to matlab users. >> >> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 8:26:07 AM UTC+13, FANG Colin wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> I have got a stupid question: >>> >>> Are there any difference in "for i in 1:5" and "for i = 1:5"? >>> >>> Does the julia community prefer one to the other? I see use of both in >>> the documentations and source code. >>> >>> Personally I haven't seen much use of "for i = 1:5" in other languages. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>
