Basic Characteristics RAPID

FOR Repeats a given number of times
Example
Arguments
FOR is used when one or several instructions are to be repeated a number of times.
If the instructions are to be repeated as long as a given condition is met, the WHILE
instruction is used.
FOR i FROM 1 TO 10 DO
routine1;
ENDFOR
Repeats the routine1 procedure 10 times.
FOR Loop counter FROM Start value TO End value
[STEP Step value] DO ... ENDFOR
Loop counter Identifier
The name of the data that will contain the value of the current loop counter.
The data is declared automatically and its name should therefore not be the same
as the name of any data that exists already.
Start value Data type: Num
The desired start value of the loop counter.
(usually integer values)
End value Data type: Num
The desired end value of the loop counter.
(usually integer values)
Step value Data type: Num
The value by which the loop counter is to be incremented (or decremented) each loop.
(usually integer values)
If this value is not specified, the step value will automatically be set to 1 (or -1 if
the start value is greater than the end value).
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