Charles Campbell wrote:
> I know this is a "late date", but I think it would be helpful if
>
> for var in list
> ...
> endfor
>
> would complete with var= "". For example where this might come in handy:
>
> for home in split(&rtp,',')
> if isdirectory(home) | break | endif
> endfor
>
> So, if the loop was unsuccessful, then "home" would be an empty. If its
> successful, home
> is set to something useful. Easy to test without extra clutter such as
> test variables.
This for loop is like it is in Python, and it has proven to be very
useful.
It's easy to add something to the list if you want to loop over more
things. E.g.:
for home in split(&rtp,',') + ['']
if isdirectory(home) | break | endif
endfor
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