Loop iterator - example.txt

[Derek Parnell]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:31:07 +1000, Rick C. Hodgin  
<Rick_member at pathlink.com> wrote:

> Here's an idea:
>
> There should be a way in D to allow the reconsideration of a for..loop  
> test
> clause without executing the increment clause.
>

...

>
> I propose the name "retry" for the "retest without increment-clause"  
> command, to
> be used in a manner similar syntax-wise to the way "break" is used today.

Yes! I use this construct daily with the Progress 4GL our company employs.  
It elegantly implements a common idiom without a whole lot of twisting and  
obscurity.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia