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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: for.n,v 1.9 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: for.n,v 1.10 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH for n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ expression is evaluated (before
each loop iteration), so changes in the variables will be visible.
See below for an example:
.SH EXAMPLES
+.PP
Print a line for each of the integers from 0 to 10:
+.PP
.CS
for {set x 0} {$x<10} {incr x} {
puts "x is $x"
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ before the \fBfor\fR command is run and whether its value is a value
that is less than or greater than/equal to ten, and this is because
the expression will be substituted before the \fBfor\fR command is
executed.
+.PP
.CS
for {set x 0} $x<10 {incr x} {
puts "x is $x"
@@ -71,14 +74,13 @@ for {set x 0} $x<10 {incr x} {
.CE
.PP
Print out the powers of two from 1 to 1024:
+.PP
.CS
for {set x 1} {$x<=1024} {set x [expr {$x * 2}]} {
puts "x is $x"
}
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
break, continue, foreach, while
-
.SH KEYWORDS
for, iteration, looping