For loop question

[cjburkha]

Hi all,

I have a for loop that doesn't behave how I expect, and I was hoping someone could explain it for me...

I would expect the following loop to run exactly 1 time

dim times as integer = 2
dim i as integer = 0
for i = 0 to (times - 1)
	response.write("i is:" + i.toString + " ")
	times -= 1
next i

It runs two times for me.

I starts as 0, and runs through the loop to next i, where it gets incremented to 1. Now it comes to the top, evaluates that it is less than (times -1) and should not go through the loop again.

Where is my mistake in understanding how a for loop works?

Thanks for your help,

CJB

 

[ca8msm]

Because it runs for i = 0 to i = 1 which means that it will loop whilst it is one of those values (therefore it will loop while those values is either 0 or 1).




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[cjburkha]

Excellent, thank you very much. I expected

dim times as integer = 2
dim i as integer = 0
for i = 0 to (times - 1)
	response.write("i is:" + i.toString + " ")
	times -= 1
next i

response.write("<br>")

dim highCount as integer = 5
for i = 0 to highCount
	response.write("i is:" + i.toString + " ")
	highCount = 1
next i

to run like

	int times = 1;
	int i = 0;
	for (i=0;i<=times;i++) {
		Response.Write("i is:" + i + " ");
		times --;
	}
	Response.Write("<br>");
	int highCount = 5;
	for (i=0;i<=highCount;i++) {
		Response.Write("i is:" + i + " ");
		highCount = 1;
	}

But it does not. As long as I know that it doesn't, and why, all is good.

Thanks again,

CJB