for

Description

Used to define loops. Its syntax is: for variable=expression ,instruction, .. ,instruction,end

for variable=expression do instruction, ,instruction,end

If expression is a matrix or a row vector, variable takes as values the values of each column of the matrix.

A particular case uses the colon operator to create regularly spaced row vectors, and is similar to traditional for loop forms: for variable=n1:step:n2, ...,end

If expression is a list variable takes as values the successive entries of the list.

According to the Code Conventions for the Scilab Programming Language it is recommended:

• Start each statement on a new line.

• Write no more than one simple statement per line.

• Break compound statements over multiple lines.

For example, use:

for i = 1:5 
    disp(i);
end

rather than

for i = 1:5 disp(i); end

The number of characters used to define the body of any conditional instruction (if while for or select/case) must be limited to 16k.

Examples

// "traditional" for loops
n=5;
for i = 1:n
    for j = 1:n
        a(i,j) = 1/(i+j-1);
    end;
end
for j = 2:n-1
    a(j,j) = j; 
end; 
a
for j= 4:-1:1
    disp(j);
end // decreasing loop

//loop on matrix columns
for  e=eye(3,3), e, end  
for v=a, write(6,v), end
for j=1:n, v=a(:,j), write(6,v), end 

//loop on list entries
for l=list(1,2,'example'); l, end

See Also

• while — while keyword
• end — end keyword
• do — language keyword for loops