Re: For Loop

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's how for/next loops work...increment each loop, and check after
the increment. You could have this:

  If wl = %elem(arrayWith999Elements);
     Leave;
  EndIf;

but I would probably use a dow wl <= %elem(...) myself.

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A coworker got caught out by the For EndFor loop.
>
> D wI                        S                   3 0
>
>           For wI = 1 to %elem(arrayWith999Elements)
>
>                etc.
>          EndFor;
>
> I said it was normal at the end that wI should be incremented to 1000,
> thus making the program crash.
>
> I wondered what the normal way would be to avoid this. I always use 5I
> 0 for my array index.
> The coworker changed the DIM setting to 998!
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