for statement

FOR statement

[′fȯr ‚stāt·mənt]

(computer science)

A statement in a computer program that is repeatedly executed a specified number of times, generally while a control variable takes on successive values over a specified range.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

for statement

A high-level programming language structure that repeats a series of instructions a specified number of times. It creates a loop that includes its own control information. The following BASIC and C examples print "Hello" 10 times:

BASIC             C

 for x=1 to 10     for (x=0; x<10; x++)
  print "hello"     printf ("hello\n");
 next x

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