for

for (initialization; comparison; continuation) { instructions... }

LC Performs the initialization, then evaluates the comparison and repeats all instructions between the winged brackets as long as the comparison is true resp. non-zero. The continuation statement will be executed after the instructions and before the next repetition. This repetition of instructions is called a loop. Initialization and continuation can be any expression or function call. A for loop is often used to increment a counter for a fixed number of repetitions.

Remarks:

Loops can be prematurely terminated by break, and prematurely repeated by continue.
The initialization and continuation statements can be omitted. The comparison statement must always be present.
The winged brackets can be omitted when the loop contains only one instruction.

Example:

var i;
for (i=0; i<5; i++) // repeat 5 times
	x *= x; // calculate the 5th power of x

See also:

if, while, goto, break, continue, comparisons

► latest version online