Yes. I had the same result in 5.5.5. Perhaps this was changed in later versions.
Paul Mathews -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric M.Williams Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:28 PM To: REALbasic NUG Subject: Re: DownTo vs To On Apr 14, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Seth Willits wrote: > > On Apr 14, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Eric M.Williams wrote: > >> This drives me crazy. When I learned BASIC (QuickBasic 4.5 on a DOS >> PC, in case you're wondering) you could specify negative steps: >> >> for i=10 to 0 step -1 >> ... >> next >> >> REALbasic just skips over this entire code block, apparently ignoring >> the step parameter. >> >> Anyone else find this annoying? > > No, because REALbasic doesn't skip it. > > for i = 10 to 0 step - 1 Huh? Here's my code from a pushbutton: Sub Action() dim i as integer for i=10 to 0 step -1 msgBox str(i) next End Sub Press the button, nothing happens. I'm using 5.5, incidentally. Eric M. Williams Oxalyn Software http://software.oxalyn.com/ AE Monitor http://software.oxalyn.com/AEMonitor/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
