FOR statement

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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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.