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- .so man.macros
- .HS for tcl
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- .SH NAME
- for \- ``For'' loop
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBfor \fIstart test next body\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- \fBFor\fR is a looping command, similar in structure to the C
- \fBfor\fR statement. The \fIstart\fR, \fInext\fR, and
- \fIbody\fR arguments must be Tcl command strings, and \fItest\fR
- is an expression string.
- The \fBfor\fR command first invokes the Tcl interpreter to
- execute \fIstart\fR. Then it repeatedly evaluates \fItest\fR as
- an expression; if the result is non-zero it invokes the Tcl
- interpreter on \fIbody\fR, then invokes the Tcl interpreter on \fInext\fR,
- then repeats the loop. The command terminates when \fItest\fR evaluates
- to 0. If a \fBcontinue\fR command is invoked within \fIbody\fR then
- any remaining commands in the current execution of \fIbody\fR are skipped;
- processing continues by invoking the Tcl interpreter on \fInext\fR, then
- evaluating \fItest\fR, and so on. If a \fBbreak\fR command is invoked
- within \fIbody\fR
- or \fInext\fR,
- then the \fBfor\fR command will
- return immediately.
- The operation of \fBbreak\fR and \fBcontinue\fR are similar to the
- corresponding statements in C.
- \fBFor\fR returns an empty string.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- for, iteration, looping
-