While or For

2003-11-17 Thread angie ahl
Hi list I keep getting hung up on deciding whether to use for or while for loops. Is one any better than other for straight forward loops, ie where you don't need next or last. Cheers Angie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: While or For

2003-11-17 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 17, angie ahl said: >I keep getting hung up on deciding whether to use for or while for >loops. Well, it usually depends on how the code "reads". I use 'while' for loops based on a condition that will change in some execution of the block. while () { # eventually, will return unde

Re: While or For

2003-11-17 Thread drieux
On Monday, Nov 17, 2003, at 09:04 US/Pacific, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: [..] which only reads ONE line at a time, whereas for () { ... } reads ALL the lines of the file at once, into a list. really good point there. but wouldn't the position been just a tad stronger had you noted that the abo