A for loop allows you to execute a block of code a specific number of times.
for init, max/min value, increment/decrement
do
trace("executed code")
end
init or i: initialization variable or a starting value
max/min value: maximum or minimum value till which the loop continues to execute.
increment/decrement: a counter defined to update the value after each iteration fo the loop. By default, this value is defined as 1 if not specified.
For example: The for loop below defines i to start at 1 and loop through the statement, until i=5, incrementing by 1 each time.
for i = 1, 5 do
trace("Iteration: "..i)
end
We can see the following example clearly in the Translator by navigating the loops in the Annotation Windows.
