1. 6.2 For…Next Loops General Form of a For…Next Loop
Nested For…Next Loops
Local Type Inference

2. For…Next Loops
Used when we know how many times we want the loop to execute
A counter controlled loop

3. For…Next Loop Syntax

4. Sample The loop counter variable, i, is initialized to 1
For i As Integer = 1 To 5
lstTable.Items.Add(i & " " & i ^ 2)
Next
The loop counter variable, i, is
initialized to 1
tested against the stop value, 5
incremented by 1 at the Next statement
The loop counter variable is often used in statements within the loop body. In this case, displaying a sequence of numbers and their squares

5. Similar Do While Loop Dim i As Integer = 1 Do While i <= 5
lstTable.Items.Add(i & " " & i ^ 2)
i += 1
Loop
Loop counter initialization
Loop counter initialization
increment

6. Example 1: Output

7. Example 1: Code Dim pop As Double = 300000
For yr As Integer = 2010 To 2014
lstTable.Items.Add(yr & " " &
FormatNumber(pop, 0))
pop += 0.03 * pop
Next

8. Step Clause
Normally after each pass the value of the counter variable increases by 1
If the clause Step s is appended to the For statement, the value of s will be added to the counter variable after each pass.
If the value of s is a negative number, the value of the counter variable will decrease after each pass.

9. Example with Negative Step Value
For j As Integer = 10 To 1 Step -1
lstBox.Items.Add(j)
Next
lstBox.Items.Add("Blastoff")
Looping backward through the numbers. Start at 10, test to see if j >= 1, decrement by 1.
Question: What would happen with Step -2?

10. Example with Negative Step Value
For j As Integer = 1 To 10 Step -1
lstBox.Items.Add(j)
Next
lstBox.Items.Add("Blastoff")
Question: What would happen in this case?

11. Example 2
This is a good example for testing out various values for the loop’s test and step increment/decrement.

12. Example 3
Note: Here we have a separate function that is called by the event procedure.
Function call
Parameter passing
Function declaration
More on this in Ch5.

13. Example 3
Here, the loop counter variable is used as an index into the string. It is common practice to use loops for retrieving or manipulating successive positions of a string or an array or a listbox’s collection.

14. Example 3
Loop starts at the last character of the string, and goes backward until the first.

15. Nested Loops
Loops can be nested inside other loops.

16. Example 4 Outer loop will execute three times
Each time the outer loop executes, the inner loop will execute three times
Therefore, the inner loop executes a total of nine times

17. Example: Nested For…Next Loops
For i As Integer = 65 To 70
For j As Integer = 1 To 25
lstBox.Items.Add(Chr(i) & j)
Next
Output: A1 A2 A3 :
Outer
loop
Inner
loop
Question 1: how many times will the outer loop execute?
Question 2: how many times (total) will the inner loop execute?

18. The Nested for Loop -- Flowchart
Statements preceding loop
Initialize outer loop counter
The Nested for Loop -- Flowchart
Test to continue outer loop
Increment outer loop counter No
Statements following loop
Yes
Outer loop statement(s)
Initialize inner loop counter
Test to continue inner loop
Increment inner loop counter No
Yes
Inner loop statement(s)
Outer loop statement(s)

19. Example 4 This example produces a multiplication table.
The inner and outer loop counters are used for doing the calculations and displaying the results.

20. For and Next Pairs For and Next statements must be paired.
If one is missing, the automatic syntax checker will complain with a wavy underline and a message such as
“A ‘For’ must be paired with a ‘Next’.”

21. Start, Stop, and Step values
Consider a loop beginning with
For i As Integer = m To n Step s
The loop will be executed exactly once if m equals n no matter what value s has.
The loop will not be executed at all if m is greater than n and s is positive,
or if m is less than n and s is negative.

22. Altering the Counter Variable
The value of the counter variable should not be altered within the body of the loop.
Doing so might cause the loop to repeat indefinitely or have an unpredictable number of repetitions.

23. Non-Integer Step Values
Can lead to round-off errors with the result that the loop is not executed the intended number of times.
We will only use Integers for all values in the header.