for loop

English

Etymology

From the keyword FOR, used in many programming languages for this purpose.

Noun

Examples (BASIC)
FOR X=1 TO 10: PRINT 1/X: NEXT X

for loop (plural for loops)

1. (programming) A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter.

Translations

section of code

• Danish: for-løkke c
• French: boucle for f
• German: for-Schleife f
• Portuguese: for (pt) m
• Spanish: bucle for m

See also

• do loop
• foreach loop
• while loop

Further reading

• for loop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia