Either way you want a "bail out" option. Mike doesn't like DO WHILE, and I prefer not to EXIT or manually tweak a counter in a FOR NEXT. To each their own.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Vincent Teachout <[email protected]>wrote: > Don't both of you mean: > > for nI = 1 to lnMaxIterations > ...process.. > endfor > > ? :-) > > > Mike Copeland wrote: > >> Well sure, if you want efficient code...but...well...uh... :-) >> >> Thanks Ted! >> >> Mike >> > > Do While .t. >>>> lnCounter=lnCounter + 1 >>>> * if we have reached our max try count, bail >>>> if lnCounter >= lnMaxIterations >>>> exit >>>> endif >>>> endd >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Do you mean: >>>> >>>> Do While lnCounter < lnMaxIterations >>> ... process ... >>> lnCounter=lnCounter + 1 >>> enddo >>> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/**listinfo/profox<http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox> > OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/** > listinfo/profoxtech <http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech> > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/**search/profox<http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox> > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/**byMID/profox/51E9959B.6020909@** > taconic.net<http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected]> > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of > the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the > obvious. > > Report [OT] Abuse: http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/** > [email protected]<http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/[email protected]> > -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4v6fag4vndb6r3vxzbtkkvheftbojxnadnsydjotmr...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
